| Lemma | covert structural juncture |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Nida (1949) |
| Titolo | Morphology. The descriptive analysis of words |
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| Citazioni | 'An overt formal difference' means a contrast which is indicated by differences in phonemes or in the order of phonemes. The distinction between 'foot' /fut/ and 'feet' /fiyt/ is an overt difference, since it consists in a difference of phonemes. The contrast between the singular 'sheep' /šiyp/ and the plural 'sheep' /šiyp/ consists of a zero and is covert. |