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metathesis

vr.tr.metathesis · ACT.PRC

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

process

is a kind of - in registry terms, loosely

derivation

is a kind of - in historical linguistics

sound change

is contrasted with - the chemical reaction, a separate sense

olefin metathesis

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

spoonerismSlavic liquid metathesis and pleophony

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.

  1. What is metathesis, and what kinds exist? definition
  2. Is the question about linguistic metathesis or the chemical reaction? boundary

Examples

Examples.

Examples

Examples.

  1. What are well-known examples in English and other languages? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific language? action
History Historical metathesis.

Attribution.

Slavic

Slavic liquid metathesis.

Slavic

Slavic.

  1. How did Slavic liquid metathesis and pleophony reshape Slavic languages, as historical linguists describe? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Other

Other languages.

Other

Other.

  1. What regular metathesis processes exist in other languages, such as Rotuman? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Speech Speech errors.

Science.

Spoonerisms

Spoonerisms.

Spoonerisms

Spoonerisms.

  1. What are spoonerisms, and what do they reveal about speech production? provenance
  2. Which entry fits spoonerism? action

Processing

Psycholinguistics.

Processing

Processing.

  1. How do psycholinguists explain metathesis errors? provenance
  2. Which entry fits speech error? action
Context Theory and culture.

Context.

Theory

Phonological theory.

Theory

Theory.

  1. How do phonological theories account for metathesis? provenance
  2. Which entry fits phonology? action

Culture

Wordplay.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How is metathesis used in wordplay, slang and secret languages? provenance
  2. 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?