One distinctive feature that has caused a great amount of interest among linguists is what is traditionally seen as three degrees of phonemic length: short, long, and "overlong", such that /sɑdɑ/, /sɑˑdɑ/ and /sɑːdɑ/ are distinct. In actuality, the distinction is not purely in the phonemic length, and the underlying phonological mechanism is still disputed.[citation needed] COUNT 3
QSN1 Who is interested in the degrees of phonemic length? ANS1 linguists QSN2 What are the phonemic length's three degrees? ANS2 short, long, and "overlong" QSN3 What is a matter of dispute among linguists regarding the distinction? ANS3 the underlying phonological mechanism