Metathesis (definition)

Metathesis is the reordering of two sounds in a word, (eg. Ask vs. aks)

See Also

• Syllable (definition)

External Links

• http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~ehume/metathesis/
• http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Metathesis_(linguistics)

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metathesis_(linguistics)

References

• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.