Phonotactics refers to:
A) how languages use different combinations of voiced and voiceless sounds at the beginning of words.
B) how the sounds of languages are made different in various language systems.
C) an adult language user's knowledge of constraints on the sequencing of sounds.
D) the way speech sounds are used to form new words.

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Phonotactics refers to the knowledge that adult language users have about how sounds can be sequenced in their language. It includes information about which consonants and vowels can occur in different positions within a word, and how they can be combined. It also involves knowledge about allowed syllable structures and stress patterns.

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