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Definition of Markedness
1. Noun. (linguistics) The phenomenon of words, forms or phonemes that are considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than usual forms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Markedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Markedness
Literary usage of Markedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"... operative in any given language, a task which remains unaccomplished" (Lipski
1974,428). Also Andersen's belief that "markedness" is involved in ..."
2. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"... with but little to distinguish the delivery from ordinary recitation, except
the monotony of the tone and the markedness of the cadences. ..."
3. The Metropolitan (1837)
"Yet there was a liveliness in her style—a markedness in her execution—a spirit
and vigour in the whole, which gave one to understand she was not entirely ..."
4. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"... with but little to distinguish the delivery from ordinary recitation, except
the monotony of the tone and the markedness of the cadences. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1893)
"... and the outer rampart here and there still shows considerable steepness and
markedness of structure. At the E. end, where, more than anywhere, ..."
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