Definition of Obviation. Meaning of Obviation. Synonyms of Obviation

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Definition of Obviation

Obviation
Obviation Ob`vi*a"tion, n. The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.

Meaning of Obviation from wikipedia

- Look up obviation or obviate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Obviation may refer to: A linguistic process involving the obviative (fourth person)...
- two degrees of obviation, "obviation" and "further obviation." "Further obviation" is rare, but when it occurs, a "further obviative" referent, deemed...
- Suffixes I – Possessed object (Obviation) II – Direction/Theme III – Valency IV – Voice V – Possessed subject (Obviation) VI – Person VII – Plural VIII...
- Operation Obviate was an unsuccessful British air raid of World War II which targeted the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted by Royal Air Force...
- by proximate–obviative morphosyntax. The direct–inverse dimension subsumes the proximate–obviative dimension. Across languages, obviation almost always...
- indicated with -ng. Locatives do not take on any plurals or obviative suffixes, but obviation possessor or the number can be added before the locative suffix...
- inanimate), obviation (proximate versus obviative), and presence (nonabsentative versus absentative). Generally, the inanimate, obviative, and absentative...
- becomes obviated, what Algonquianists refer to as a "fourth person." It is essentially an "out of focus" third person. As with possessive obviation above...
- recipient of the money would be marked for obviation and removing the ambiguity. The noun marked for obviation tends to be the possessed, not the possessor...
- obviative markers", making it particularly different from some more well-known obviation systems (like the Algonquian one, which allows for obviation...