Metathesis (definition)

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

See Also

External Links

http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Metathesis_(linguistics)*

References

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