fourth person

fourth person
a) A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one in one shouldnt do that.

The man saw the dog as he was leaving. (if he is the third person, or proximate, it refers to the man; if he is the fourth person, or obviative, it refers to the dog)

b) In some languages such as Ojibwe, a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person.

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