METATHESIS
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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1998
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© Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information)
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METATHESIS [Stress: ‘me-TA-the-sis’]. The transposition of elements of language, usually two sounds and/or letters in a word: Old English
bridd becoming Modern English
bird, Middle English
Manisk becoming Modern English
Manx. Non-standard
aks in Don't
aks me metathesizes standard
ask. Compare
SLIP OF THE TONGUE,
SPOONERISM.
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