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Definition of phonotactics noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

phonotactics

noun

NAmE//ˌfoʊnəˈtæktɪks//

[uncountable] (linguistics)

the study of the rules for the position of phonemes in a language

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phonotactic

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