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{{quotebox|~~host~~ is unmarked, but hostess is morphologically marked for femaleness. ... in the pair horse/mare, horse is the more general, unmarked term, while mare is marked for femaleness. In the pair cow/bull, cow is unmarked, while bull is marked for maleness. - Tom McArthur, Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-MARKEDANDUNMARKEDTERMS.html] }}

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{{quotebox|[[Host]] is unmarked, but hostess is morphologically marked for femaleness. ... in the pair [[horse]]/[[mare]], horse is the more general, unmarked term, while mare is marked for femaleness. In the pair [[cow]]/bull, cow is unmarked, while bull is marked for maleness. - Tom McArthur, Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-MARKEDANDUNMARKEDTERMS.html] }}

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