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phonotactics
[ foh-nuh-tak-tiks ]
noun
, (used with a singular verb)
- the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- the study and description of such patterns.
phonotactics
/ ˈfəʊnəʊˌtæktɪks /
noun
- functioning as singular linguistics the study of the possible arrangement of the sounds of a language in the words of that language
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phonotactics1
First recorded in 1955–60; phonotactic, -ics
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phonotactics1
C20: from phono- + -tactics, on the model of syntactic; see syntax
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