Metathesis vs Epenthesis - What's the difference?
metathesis | epenthesis |
(prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/
(inorganic chemistry) the double decomposition of inorganic salts
(organic chemistry) the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped
(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
As nouns the difference between metathesis and epenthesis
is that metathesis is the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks while epenthesis is the insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.metathesis
English
(wikipedia metathesis)Noun
(metatheses)See also
* spoonerismSee also
*Anagrams
*epenthesis
English
(wikipedia epenthesis)Noun
(epentheses)Derived terms
* epentheticHypernyms
* metaplasmHyponyms
* excrescence * anaptyxisExternal links
*Definition at silva rhetoricae, The Forest of Rhetoric----
