Sentence examples for obviative from inspiring English sources

The proximate form indicates a more salient noun phrase, and obviative indicates a less prominent noun phrase.

Notable grammatical characteristics marked with inflectional prefixes and suffixes include: #A distinction between obviative and proximate third person, marked on both verbs and nouns.

Selection and use of proximate or obviative forms is a distinctive aspect of Ottawa syntax that indicates the relative discourse prominence of noun phrases containing third persons; it does not have a direct analogue in English grammar.

Ottawa distinguishes two types of third person in sentences: proximate, indicating a noun phrase that is emphasized in the discourse, and obviative, indicating a noun phrase that is less prominent.