The class of linguistic properties that pertain to phonological units and that are used to describe the sound system of languages [Hartmann and Stork 1972: 174]. Phonological units can be analyzed into complexes of distinctive properties that cross-classify the entire inventory of possible speech sounds into a densely packed network [Kenstowicz 1994: 19].
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