English Dictionary

quantitative metathesis

名詞

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(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.

日本語の意味

数量または母音の長短に基づいた転換現象。具体的には、隣接する２つの母音のうち、一方が長く一方が短い場合、長い母音が短く、短い母音が長く入れ替わる現象を指す。

In Old Irish poetry, quantitative metathesis often altered the meter by swapping the lengths of adjacent vowels.

古代アイルランドの詩では、母音の長短交替がしばしば韻律を変え、隣接する母音の長さを入れ替えた。

意味（1）

(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.

quantitative metatheses （ plural ）