Distinctive feature
THE MOST BASIC UNIT OF PHONOLOGICAL STRUCTURE THAT MAY BE ANALYZED IN PHONOLOGICAL THEORY
Distinctive features; Phonological feature; Distinctive Feature theory; Phonological features; Feature (phonology); Feature theory; Feature-based phonology; Feature phonology
In linguistics, a distinctive feature is the most basic unit of phonological structure that distinguishes one sound from another within a language. For example, the feature [voice] distinguishes the two bilabial plosives: [p] and [b].