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Markedness , in linguistics and subsequently elsewhere, is the state of standing out as unusual or difficult in comparison to a more common or regular form. In a marked–unmarked relation, one term of an opposition is the broader, dominant one. The dominant default or minimum-effort form is known as unmarked; the other, secondary one is marked. In other words, markedness involves the characterization of a "normal" linguistic unit against one or more of its possible "irregular" forms.

Der Begriff der Markiertheit ist ein Begriff aus der Sprachwissenschaft, der von der Prager Schule in den 1920er Jahren entwickelt wurde und sich ursprünglich nur auf die Phonologie bezog. Jedoch lässt sich das Konzept auf alle Teilbereiche der Linguistik ausweiten.

Marcada (Marked, em inglês) é o nome do primeiro livro da série House of Night, escrita pela norte-americana P.C. Cast e sua filha Kristin Cast. A série conta 3 milhões de livros vendidos e já é bestseller no The New York Times. Este livro narra a jornada de Zoey Redbird, ao tornar-se vampira e ter que se mudar para a Morada da Noite.