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Underlying representation

In phonology and morphophonology, an underlying representation (UR) or underlying form (UF) is a hypothesized, abstract representation of a morpheme or word stored in the lexicon and used as the input to phonological analysis. The output of phonological analysis is commonly described as a surface representation (SR), which reflects the effects of…

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PhonemicUnderspecification
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American EnglishStandard Chinese
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PhonologyMorphophonologyMorpheme
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Underlying representation

Nodes11
Edges10
Triples13
Avg. degree1.82
Density0.181818
Components1

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related to Role in analysis · 4
Underlying representation → Analyses, Different, In, UR
related to Neutralization · 3
Underlying representation → For, Underlying, UR
related to Tone sandhi · 3
Underlying representation → Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Underlying
related to Evidence and inference · 2
Underlying representation → Common, Underlying

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underlying surface representations phonological analysis morpheme analyses example forms alternations cases different representation form used also sandhi ur commonly may

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
between vowels when the following syllable is unstressedinstance ofin contexts0.80text
Underlying representationrelated to Evidence and inferenceUnderlying0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to Evidence and inferenceCommon0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to NeutralizationUnderlying0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to NeutralizationFor0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to NeutralizationUR0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to Role in analysisAnalyses0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to Role in analysisIn0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to Role in analysisUR0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to Role in analysisDifferent0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to Tone sandhiUnderlying0.60section
Underlying representationrelated to Tone sandhiStandard Chinese0.60section

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