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 [foh-nuh-tak-tiks]  

pho·no·tac·tics

   [foh-nuh-tak-tiks]
noun (used with a singular verb) Linguistics.
1.
the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
2.
the study and description of such patterns.
Origin:
1955–60; see phonotactic, -ics
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Phonotactics is always a great word to know.
So is matrix sentence. Does it mean:
characterized by the absence of a distinctive phonological feature, such as (p) in contrast to (b), which lacks the distinctive feature of voicing
a sentence in which another sentence is embedded: In 'The man who called is waiting,' 'The man is waiting' is a matrix sentence
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phonotactics (ˈfəʊnəʊˌtæktɪks)
 
—n
(functioning as singular) linguistics the study of the possible arrangement of the sounds of a language in the words of that language
 
[C20: from phono- + -tactics, on the model of syntactic; see syntax]

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