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Quantitative metathesis
Quantitative metathesis (also "metathesis of quantity") is a technical phonological term which refers to a situation in which two vowel sounds follow directly one after the other — one being long and the other short — and a transposition of vowel length takes place, such that the formerly-long vowel becomes short, and the formerly-short vowel becomes long.
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