Our object of study in this chapter is metathesis, which we define as any reordering of
segments or features within the phonological string. ¹ Representative cases, discussed in …

It has proven practical over a long history of research on language sound systems to
rationalize phonological units and processes in terms of speech articulation. The Sanskrit …

This paper argues that rather than just select the best candidate, EVAL imposes a harmonic
rank-ordering on the full candidate set. Language users have access to this enriched …

This paper addresses three key observations relating to crosslinguistic patterns of
metathesis. First, the order of sounds resulting from metathesis can differ from language to …

The focus of this paper is on metathesis, the process whereby in certain languages, under
certain conditions, sounds appear to switch positions with one another. Thus, in a string of …

The term metathesis–Greek for 'transposition'–refers to a reordering of segments. This
chapter outlines the range of phenomena that fall under this description, and theoretical …

One of the major questions in the cognitive science of language is whether the perceptual
and phonological motivations for the rules and patterns that govern the sounds of language …

This paper presents a Harmonic Serialism analysis of synchronic metathesis, and proposes
to eliminate transposition as an atomic operation, instead analysing metathesis as a result of …

Regular relations are mathematical models that are widely used in computational linguistics
to generate, recognize, and learn various features of natural languages. While certain …

Synchronic alternations involving similar types of consonant/consonant metathesis are
examined in Faroese and Lithuanian from both formal and functional perspectives. It is …