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phonotactics
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pho·no·tac·tics  (fn-tktks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
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.
[phono- + tactics, arrangement of linguistic units; see tactics.]
phonotactics [ˈfəʊnəʊˌtæktɪks]
n
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (functioning as singular) Linguistics the study of the possible arrangement of the sounds of a language in the words of that language
[from phono- + -tactics, on the model of syntactic; see syntax]
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Similarly, while Hams pronounced this variable as [f] in wives, he pronounced it as [v] in gave although it may be argued, if I have more evidence, that the realisation of (v) as [v], as demonstrated by the word gave, in Hams' speech was caused by the phonotactic position of the sound (i.
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Phonotactic knowledge and its use in infant speech perception.
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The rationale behind these measures lies in the analysis of the total effect created by the interaction of such factors as manifestations of stress, prosodic timing and phonotactic syllable complexity.
Rhythm related effects in Erzya/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] by Aasmae, Niina / Linguistica Uralica
 
 
 
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