Assertion: feature | /r/HasProperty | specified by binary values
Facets:
value: to signify
type: PURPOSE
value: traditionally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Since the inception of the phonological analysis of distinctive features in the 1950s, features traditionally have been specified by binary values to signify whether a segment is described by the feature; a positive value, [+], denotes the presence of a feature, while a negative value, [−], indicates its absence.