Linguistics

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Linguistics

• Movement
• (Metathesis)rule

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• Ivan 592202154
• Sherry 592202257
• Karen 592202398
• Stanley 592202427
• Leah 592202439

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Metathesis

• ? Metathesis is the phenomenon whereby two
  sounds that appear in a particular order in one
  form of a word occur in the reverse order in a
  related form of the word.  For example, in the
  Austronesian language Leti, the linear ordering
  of the final consonant and vowel of a word can
  differ depending on a number of factors. One
  factor is whether the following word begins with
  a single consonant or a consonant cluster (or
  geminate consonant).

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Example

• In the first case, the order of the segments is
  vowel, consonant, as in ukar lavan 'finger big
  thumb, big toe'.
• In the second case, you get the order consonant,
  vowel ukra ppalu  'finger bachelor index
  finger'.

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• ?Phonological rules may also move
  phonemes from one place in string to another.
  Such rules are called metathesis rules. In some
  dialects of English, for example the word ask is
  pronounced aks, but the word asking is
  pronounced askin or aski. In these
  dialects, metathesis rule ''switches'' the /s/
  and /k/ in certain contexts. In Old English the
  verb was aksian, with the /k/ preceding the /s/.A
  historical metathesis-rule switched these two
  consonants, producing ask in most dialects of
  English.

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• ?Spoonerisms are also good (and entertaining)
  examples of metathesis, though they may happen at
  rather long distances
• 1. A lack of pies (a pack of lies)
• 2. Tease my ears (Ease my tears)
• 3. Its roaring with pain (Its pouring with
  rain)
• 4. Wave the sails (Save the whales)
• 5. Crooks and nannies (Nooks and crannies)

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• While metathesis is not as common as other
  processes affecting sounds in language, such as
  assimilation or deletion, it does, nonetheless,
  occur as a regular phonological process in
  synchronic systems in a wide range of languages.

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