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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfonotattica
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fonoˈtattika
"La fonotattica regola la combinazione dei suoni in una lingua."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The branch of phonology that deals with restrictions in a language on the permissible combinations of phonemes.
"Phonotactics determines which consonant clusters are allowed at the beginning or end of a syllable in a given language." - 2
The rules governing the combination of sounds in a specific language.
"An understanding of English phonotactics explains why native speakers recognize 'blick' as a possible English word while 'lbick' is not."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Modern Latin, combining the Greek roots 'phone' meaning voice or sound (from phōnē) and 'taktikós' meaning pertaining to arrangement or tactical order (from tassein, to arrange). Formed in the 20th century within structural linguistics to describe the branch of phonology that studies permissible combinations of phonemes in a particular language.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Phonotactics" is said worldwide
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phonotactique
Transliteration: fɔnɔtaktik
"La phonotactique étudie les combinaisons de phonèmes permises dans une langue."
Phonotaktik
Transliteration: fonoˈtaktik
"Die Phonotaktik beschreibt die zulässigen Lautverbindungen einer Sprache."
fonotattica
Transliteration: fonoˈtattika
"La fonotattica regola la combinazione dei suoni in una lingua."
fonotáctica
Transliteration: fonotaktika
"La fonotáctica analiza las combinaciones posibles de sonidos."
fonotática
Transliteration: fonotatika
"A fonotática estuda as combinações de fonemas permitidas."
ध्वनितंत्र
Transliteration: dhwanitantra
"ध्वनितंत्र किसी भाषा में ध्वनियों के संयोजन के नियमों का अध्ययन करता है।"
音位组合规则
Transliteration: yīnwèi zǔhé guīzé
"音位组合规则研究语言中音素的组合限制。"
음소배열론
Transliteration: eumsobaeyorlon
"음소배열론은 언어에서 허용되는 소리의 조합 규칙을 다룬다."
音素配列論
Transliteration: onsoneiretsuron
"音素配列論は言語における音の組み合わせの規則を研究する。"
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