Usually means: Rules governing possible sound sequences.
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  1. phonotactics: Merriam-Webster
  2. phonotactics: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phonotactics: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phonotactics: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phonotactics: Wiktionary
  6. phonotactics: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. phonotactics: Dictionary.com
  8. Phonotactics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. phonotactics: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phonotactics: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (linguistics, phonology) A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to combinations of phonemes.

Similar:
phonetism, phonostatistics, tonology, phonology, articulatory phonology, metaphonology, phonemics, phonetics, tonetics, morphophonology, more...

Opposite:
morphology, syntax, semantics

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Similar:
phonetism, phonostatistics, tonology, phonology, articulatory phonology, metaphonology, phonemics, phonetics, tonetics, morphophonology, more...

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morphology, syntax, semantics



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