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{ "derived": [ { "word": "markedness constraint" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "marked", "3": "ness" }, "expansion": "marked + -ness", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "From marked + -ness.", "forms": [ { "form": "markednesses", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "markedness (countable and uncountable, plural markednesses)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms suffixed with -ness", "English terms with usage examples", "English uncountable nouns", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Terms with Finnish translations", "en:Linguistics" ], "examples": [ { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 79, 89 ] ], "text": "Using the word \"comedienne\" instead of \"comedian\" can be seen as an example of markedness.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form." ], "links": [ [ "linguistics", "linguistics" ], [ "phoneme", "phoneme" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(linguistics) The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "human-sciences", "linguistics", "sciences" ], "wikipedia": [ "markedness" ] } ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "quality of being more complicated", "word": "tunnusmerkillisyys" } ], "word": "markedness" }
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