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"Phonotactics" Definition

noun

The set of allowed arrangements or sequences of speech sounds in a given language. A word beginning with the consonant cluster (zv), for example, violates the phonotactics of English, but not of Russian.

noun plural but singular in construction

The area of concerned with the analysis and description of the permitted sound sequences of a language.

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