As Xu and Carey have shown, while children may be aware of property or featural distinctions between objects, they do not use them to distinguish unique individuals (Xu and Carey 1996).
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Featural
Synonyms for "featural"
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As a featural alphabet, Hangeul bears some similarities with scientifically created writing systems invented centuries later, such as the Visible Speech system invented by Alexander Melville Bell.
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Because of its systematic categorization of sounds, with corresponding graphic interpretation, some linguists have come to consider han'gŭl a "featural" system.
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The same author also cites Pitman's shorthand as an example of a ‘featural’ writing system .
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