Difference between revisions of "Unmarked term"
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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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Revision as of 18:59, April 13, 2008
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 [1]