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However , these statistical trends are not as conclusive as they may appear ; obviative referents are much rarer ... From this study , a simple generalization emerges : the Speaker does not directly know how an obviated referent feels .
However , these statistical trends are not as conclusive as they may appear ; obviative referents are much rarer ... From this study , a simple generalization emerges : the Speaker does not directly know how an obviated referent feels .
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Summarizing , then , we see that every referent that speaks is made proxi- mate , regardless of that referent's relation to the topic structure of the dis- course or to other referents . Thus , although Alice Ahenakew is talking mainly ...
Summarizing , then , we see that every referent that speaks is made proxi- mate , regardless of that referent's relation to the topic structure of the dis- course or to other referents . Thus , although Alice Ahenakew is talking mainly ...
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However , there are a host of other instances of obviative referents acting where no indirect evidentials occur ... In fact , obviation and indirect evidentials only coincide when the obviative referent's intention is in question .
However , there are a host of other instances of obviative referents acting where no indirect evidentials occur ... In fact , obviation and indirect evidentials only coincide when the obviative referent's intention is in question .
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Abenaki agreement Algonquian American animate appears Carleton University clause consonants context contrast Cree dialect direct discussion ê-conjunct Eastern endings English êsa event evidence evidential example fact final forms functions future given gives Goddard grammatical independent indicative Indian indicative inflection intention inverse Island John knowledge Kutenai land languages Linguistics Loup marked Massachusett meaning mode months n-suffixes names Narragansett negative noun object obviation obviative Ojibwe pattern Pentland person phonemic Plains Cree plural presented Press preverbs proximate reconstruction referent relation Salish sentence shared shows similar SNEA speaker speaking speech stem stories structure suffix thematic theme third person tion told types University utterances verb vowel Western Winnipeg Wolfart word-final