adj. (cov) In the SPE feature system, a distinctive feature defined as ‘articulated with the pharynx walls narrowed and tensed and the larynx raised’. This feature was introduced specifically to deal with the unusual vowel harmony systems...

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be...