Phonotactic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Phonotactic is an adjective meaning (linguistics, phonology) Pertaining to phonotactics.
Meaning
(linguistics, phonology) Pertaining to phonotactics.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to phonotaxis.
Example Sentences
The term missy appears to be a Chinese Pidgin English term from English miss + the Cantonese phonotactic suffix -ee/-y[.]
So, we all have intuitions about possible and impossible stress patterns in sentences. Moreover, we all have strong phonotactic intuitions – i.e. intuitions about what are possible and impossible sound sequences among native words in English. For instance, we'd probably all agree that blick is a possible, but non-occurring English word, whereas *bnick by contrast is not a possible native English word[.]
Synonyms for phonotactic
Depending on context, synonyms include phonotactical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phonetical, phonematic, phonotypic, phonological, phonotaxic, tonetic.
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