| 释义 |
metathesize, v.|mɛˈtæθɪsaɪz|
[f. metathesis 1 b + -ize.]
a. intr. To undergo metathesis.
b. trans. To transpose (sounds, etc.) by metathesis; to subject (a word, etc.) to metathesis of some of its constituent sounds. Hence meˈtathesized ppl. adj.
1920H. C. Wyld Hist. Mod. Colloq. Eng. 300 In Received Standard we use many metathesized forms, such as wright O.E. wyrhta. 1946E. A. Nida Morphol. ix. 180 A preconsonantal y metathesizes with the following consonant. 1951Traditio VII. 411 About the second theme, -ferth, there can be little room for disagreement. It is obviously a metathesized form of frith (peace) which occurs in many Germanic names. 1959M. Schlauch Eng. Lang. in Mod. Times vi. 161 There are instances [in Northern dialects] of metathesised r, as in gert for great. 1968F. G. Lounsbury in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 52 Cayuga has many metathesized pairs [of syllables] in similar alternation, where the metatheses affect the relative order of vowels and the glottal stop. 1971Canad. Jrnl. Ling. Fall 5 The only way to save the hypothesis of sibilant dissimilation would be to posit some rule metathesizing /z/ and /s/, and there appears to be no real evidence for voicing metathesis in modern Greek dialects. 1973A. H. Sommerstein Sound Pattern Anc. Greek ii. 30 Send them first to /dz/; then we will need to metathesize this to [zd]. |