the study of the possible arrangement of the sounds of a language in the words of that language
Word origin
C20: from phono- + -tactics, on the model of syntactic; see syntax
Examples of 'phonotactics' in a sentence
phonotactics
The influence of word-level phonotactics on syllabification was also evident.
Elzinga Dirk, Eddington David 2014, 'An experimental approach to ambisyllabicity in English', Topics in Linguisticshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/topling.2014.14.issue-1/topling-2014-0010/topling-2014-0010.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results showed that both stress and phonotactics facilitated segmentation strategies by the three groups.
Tamami Katayama 2015, 'Effect of Phonotactic Constraints on Second Language Speech Processing', i-Perceptionhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2041669515615714. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study explores the impact of morphology on the acquisition of phonotactics.
Laura Kamandulytė-Merfeldienė 2015, 'Morphonotactics in L1 acquisition of Lithuanian: TD vs. SLI', Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamathttp://dx.doi.org/10.5128/ERYa11.06. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)