Multiple choice

Which of the following is the study of restrictions in a language on the permissible combinations of phonemes?

  1. Dialectology

  2. Historical linguistics

  3. Phonotactics

  4. Phonetics

  5. Lexicostatistics

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Phonotactics is a branch of phonology that deals with restrictions in a language on the permissible combinations of phonemes.