What Is A Distinctive Feature?
A property such as [+voice] or [+nasal] that makes one sound different from another. In distinctive feature analysis a sound is a bundle of features, and only the features needed to tell it from all others are listed.
A property such as [+voice] or [+nasal] that makes one sound different from another. In distinctive feature analysis a sound is a bundle of features, and only the features needed to tell it from all others are listed.