demarcativeadj.
/dɪˈmɑːkətɪv/ Of, pertaining to, or characterized by demarcation: used esp. in Linguistics.
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demarcative1955
1955 M. Reifer Dict. New Words 88/2 Demarcative function, the use of phonemic and non-phonemic features..to mark off the boundaries of words and morphemes.
1959 Archivum Linguisticum 11 ii. 100 The demarcative phonological features can be termed prosodies of word delimitation.
1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics 166 The phonological features in question, juncturally analysed in American phonemics, are regarded in prosodic analysis as demarcative word prosodies.
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