quantitative metathesis
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Noun[edit]
quantitative metathesis (countable and uncountable, plural quantitative metatheses)
- (prosody) A form of metathesis or transposition involving quantity or vowel length, by which two neighboring vowels – one long, one short – switch their lengths, so that the long one becomes short, and the short one becomes long.
- Synonym: transfer of quantity
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- quantitative metathesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia