metathesis
Let an agent explain metathesis as a phonological process and speech error, relay historical examples such as Slavic liquid metathesis with attribution, describe spoonerisms, and distinguish metathesis from other sound changes and from the chemical sense.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain metathesis as a phonological process and speech error, relay historical examples such as Slavic liquid metathesis with attribution, describe spoonerisms, and distinguish metathesis from other sound changes and from the chemical sense.
A sound change or speech error in which sounds or syllables within a word or across words are transposed, as in the historical change of Old English brid to bird, the Slavic liquid metathesis that reordered vowel and liquid sequences in South and West Slavic with pleophony in East Slavic, and the spoonerism, a slip of the tongue swapping initial sounds between words, often for comic effect; metathesis is studied in historical linguistics, phonology and psycholinguistics.
What it is for: Not applicable; a linguistic process.
It can be explain the process and kinds; relay historical examples; describe speech errors; distinguish other senses.
Distinguishing features
Reordering of segments
Historical and synchronic forms
Speech error variety
Regular in some languages
What it looks like
Not a visible object; transposed sounds in speech or spelling.
How it is recognised
Transposition of sounds or syllables
Historical metathesis, Slavic liquid metathesis, spoonerisms
Assimilation and elision are other sound changes; chemical metathesis is a reaction type
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, loosely
is a kind of - in historical linguistics
is contrasted with - the chemical reaction, a separate sense
In practice
Families and kinds
sporadic historical metathesis
regular metathesis such as Slavic liquid metathesis and pleophony
synchronic metathesis in languages such as Rotuman
spoonerisms and slips of the tongue
metathesis in child language and loanword adaptation
Standards and regulation
No regulation; linguistic conventions
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing with other sound changes
Confusing with chemical metathesis
Overgeneralising sporadic cases
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.metathesis
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What metathesis is.
Linguistics.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is metathesis, and what kinds exist? definition
- Is the question about linguistic metathesis or the chemical reaction? boundary
Examples
Examples.
Examples
Examples.
- What are well-known examples in English and other languages? definition
- Which entry fits the specific language? action
History Historical metathesis.
Attribution.
Slavic
Slavic liquid metathesis.
Slavic
Slavic.
- How did Slavic liquid metathesis and pleophony reshape Slavic languages, as historical linguists describe? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Other
Other languages.
Other
Other.
- What regular metathesis processes exist in other languages, such as Rotuman? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Speech Speech errors.
Science.
Spoonerisms
Spoonerisms.
Spoonerisms
Spoonerisms.
- What are spoonerisms, and what do they reveal about speech production? provenance
- Which entry fits spoonerism? action
Processing
Psycholinguistics.
Processing
Processing.
- How do psycholinguists explain metathesis errors? provenance
- Which entry fits speech error? action
Context Theory and culture.
Context.
Theory
Phonological theory.
Theory
Theory.
- How do phonological theories account for metathesis? provenance
- Which entry fits phonology? action
Culture
Wordplay.
Culture
Culture.
- How is metathesis used in wordplay, slang and secret languages? provenance
- Which entry fits language game? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should spoonerism and Slavic liquid metathesis be separate entries?
- How should historical linguistics sources be linked?
- How should the chemical sense be linked?