# Markedness
**Domain:** Linguistics / Semiotics
**Doc Type:** Concept
**Maturity:** Developed
**Related:** [[Prague Linguistic Circle]], [[Roman Jakobson]], [[Nikolai Trubetzkoy]], [[Foregrounding]], [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]
## Definition
Markedness describes an asymmetrical opposition in which one form carries an additional or explicit feature relative to an unmarked counterpart.
## Bauhaus Architects Context
It offers a relational model of information and expectation but should not be redescribed as the origin of binary digital encoding.
## Backlinks
- [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]
- [[articles/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]