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Metathesis (/ m ə ˈ t æ θ ə s ɪ s / mə-TATH-ə-siss; from Greek μετάθεσις, from μετατίθημι "to put in a different order"; Latin: transpositio) is the transposition of sounds or syllables in a word or of words in a sentence.
Strictly speaking, a reversal of phonemes will still result in allophones appropriate for the new position; for example, if a word with a final /t/ is reversed so that the /t/ is initial, the initial /t/ will be aspirated in line with the conventional allophonic patterns of English phonology.
Later she included this illusion on her CD ‘Phantom Words and other Curiosities' [2] and noted that once the phrase had perceptually morphed into song, it continued to be heard as song when played in the context of the full sentence in which it occurred. Deutsch, Henthorn, and Lapidis [5] [6] examined the illusion in detail. They showed that ...
In psychology, the transposed letter effect is a test of how a word is processed when two letters within the word are switched.. The phenomenon takes place when two letters in a word (typically called a base word) switch positions to create a new string of letters that form a new, non-word (typically called a transposed letter non-word or TL non-word).
In historical linguistics, a sound change is a change in the pronunciation of a language. A sound change can involve the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature value) by a different one (called phonetic change) or a more general change to the speech sounds that exist (phonological change), such as the merger of two sounds or the creation of a new sound.
The four quarterfinal games will be played on New Year's weekend at the site of four bowl games, with one game on Dec. 31 and three on Jan. 1. TUESDAY, DEC. 31 Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Boise State vs ...
Daniels threw his other touchdown pass to an offensive lineman, which marked the first of his career, and ran in another himself. His 91.3% completion rate was the highest for a rookie quarterback ...
The Japanese liquid is most often realized as an alveolar tap [ɾ], though there is some variation depending on phonetic context. [1] /r/ of American English (the dialect Japanese speakers are typically exposed to) is most commonly a postalveolar central approximant with simultaneous secondary pharyngeal constriction [ɹ̠ˤ] or less commonly a retroflex approximant [ɻ].