Examples:
(See Comments
for key to special characters used.) |
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a. ps > sp in late Old English
| cops |
> |
cosp |
'fetter, bond' |
| wlips |
> |
wlisp |
'lisping' |
b. Medial sk in Old English > ks in
late West Saxon
| fiscas |
> |
fixas |
'fishes' |
| wascan |
> |
waxan |
'to wash' |
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Conditions: |
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No information currently available. |
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Motivation: |
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See Steriade (2001) regarding a perceptually-based account of stop-fricative
metathesis. |
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Related processes: |
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No information currently available. |
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Comments: |
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Last updated: 2/13/2001 |
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References: |
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Silva, Clare M. 1973. Metathesis of Obstruent Clusters. OSUWPL
14. 77- 84.
Steriade, Donca. 2001. Directional asymmetries in assimilation.
In E. Hume & K.
Johnson (eds.), The Role of Perception in Phonology. New York: Academic.
219-278. Wright, Joseph & Elizabeth Mary Wright. 1925. Old English
Dictionary. 3rd ed. Oxford English Press.
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