Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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*Where animacy is involved, animate [[w:noun phrase|noun phrase]]s tend to be proximate, while inanimate [[w:noun phrases|noun phrases]] tend to be obviative. | *Where animacy is involved, animate [[w:noun phrase|noun phrase]]s tend to be proximate, while inanimate [[w:noun phrases|noun phrases]] tend to be obviative. | ||
* | *Possessees are obligatory obviative. | ||
<!-- *Obviation is most common in [[head-marking language]]s since the obviative is useful in disambiguating otherwise unmarked nominals. --> | <!-- *Obviation is most common in [[head-marking language]]s since the obviative is useful in disambiguating otherwise unmarked nominals. --> | ||
*Proximate/Obviative assignments are preserved throughout clauses and are also often constant over longer discourse segments. | *Proximate/Obviative assignments are preserved throughout clauses and are also often constant over longer discourse segments. | ||