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English (Middle)

(England; Indo-European, West Germanic)

Summary:
Diachronically, root-final clusters of a velar stop followed by a alveolar fricative metathesized:

'ks' > 'sk'

Examples:
a. 'ks' in Old English > 'sk' in Middle English (American Heritage Dictionary)

dox > dosc, dusk 'dusk'

Conditions:
No information currently available.

Motivation:
No information currently available.

Related Information:
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Symbols:
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Last Updated: 6/18/2007

References:

Morris, William (ed.). 1969. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Boston/New York/Atlanta/Geneva, Illinois/Dallas/Palo Alto.

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