Meaning of featural | Babel Free
Definitions
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Of or pertaining to features. not-comparable
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Being or relating to a writing system whose symbols encode phonological features of the sounds that they correspond to. not-comparable
Examples
“As Xu and Carey have shown, while children may be aware of property or featural distinctions between objects, they do not use them to distinguish unique individuals (Xu and Carey 1996).”
“As a featural alphabet, Hangeul bears some similarities with scientifically created writing systems invented centuries later, such as the Visible Speech system invented by Alexander Melville Bell.”
“Because of its systematic categorization of sounds, with corresponding graphic interpretation, some linguists have come to consider han'gŭl a "featural" system.”
“The same author also cites Pitman's shorthand as an example of a ‘featural’ writing system .”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.