Local Intrasyllabic Consonant Cluster Metathesis: Dynamical Aspects

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This paper provides an analysis of metathesis in the local intrasyllabic consonant clusters using a dynamic coupling-structure, based on the Articulatory Phonology framework. It is hypothesized that the greater variability in gestural timing can result in more metathesis in the local CC within syllables. Consistent with the proposed hypothesis, the typological survey results show more metathetical phenomena found cross-linguistically in codas known to have relatively higher variability than in onsets. Also, an experimental German production study result exhibits that the variability difference between onsets and codas have a compatible pattern with the number of metathetical errors the subjects make. The fact that in Old English, there is a case of structure-violating local CC metathesis is consistent with the claim of this study.