"markedness" meaning in English

See markedness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: markednesses [plural]
Etymology: From marked + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|marked|ness}} marked + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} markedness (countable and uncountable, plural markednesses)
  1. (linguistics) The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form. Wikipedia link: markedness Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: markedness constraint

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