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consonants; implosives may themselves have modal, stiff, or creaky voice. It is not always clear from linguistic descriptions if a language has a series of light ejectives or voiceless consonants with glottal reinforcement, or similarly if it has a series of light implosives or voiced consonants with
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also regularly show pre-glottalization. In the English dialects exhibiting pre-glottalization, the consonants in question are usually glottalized in the coda position: "what" , "fiction" , "milkman" , "opera" . To a certain extent, some varieties of English have
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English has a unique form of glottalization involving glottal reinforcement of t, k, and p, for example in "matter", "lucky", and "happy". T, k, p sounds between vowels are pronounced simultaneously with a glottal stop represented in IPA as p͡ʔ, k͡ʔ and t͡ʔ.
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phonation, there is some allophony involved. In pre-final contexts, a variation occurs (especially before voiced consonants) ranging from creaky phonation throughout the vowel to a sequence of a vowel,
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glottal reinforcement. The airstream parameter is only known to be relevant to obstruents, but the first two are involved with both obstruents and sonorants, including vowels.
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Sound Change in Progress: a study of phonological change and lexical diffusion, with reference to glottalization and r-loss in the speech of some Exeter schoolchildren
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also varies, from a simultaneous single segment to an onset or coda such as or to a sequence such as or . Full or partial closure of the glottis also allows
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When a phoneme is completely substituted by a glottal stop , one speaks of glottaling or glottal replacement. This is, for instance, very common in
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When a phoneme is accompanied (either sequentially or simultaneously) by a or a , a glottal stop modifier, then one speaks of
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could be transcribed as either or . (In some typefaces, the apostrophe will occur above the m.)
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Glottalization varies along three parameters, all of which are continuums. The
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word-finally, and when followed by an unstressed vowel (including syllabic
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There are two other ways to represent glottalization of sonorants in the
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Phonological history of English consonant clusters § Glottalization
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dialects. In these dialects, the glottal stop is an allophone of
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during the articulation of another sound. Glottalization of
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Glottal replacement is not purely a feature of consonants.
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Christopherson, P. (1952). "The glottal stop in English".
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between glottal replacement and glottal reinforcement.
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See Ladefoged and Maddieson (1996:74) for the case of
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Glottal reinforcement is present in some varieties of
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Fast, Peter W. (1953). "Amuesha (Arawak) Phonemes".
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Pre-glottalization in English Standard Pronunciation
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consonants usually involves complete closure of the
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"Glottalization of English 938:International Journal of American Linguistics 724: 1323:"Web documents relating to Estuary English" 738:can in its most extreme form be reduced to 1363: 1349: 1300: 178:is the complete or partial closure of the 1203:North-Western European Language Evolution 1167: 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 1259: 1224: 1193: 1071: 967:Transactions of the Philological Society 845: 833: 629: 1551: 1196:"How Old is the English Glottal Stop?" 622:, and a slightly rearticulated vowel: 277: 1344: 1105: 1026: 884: 194:(partial closure). Glottalization of 1271:. John Benjamins. pp. 223–243. 935: 872: 854:from the original on 28 October 2020 678:This is common in some varieties of 245:of glottalization varies from none ( 206:is made simultaneously with another 140:. For the distinction between , 47:adding citations to reliable sources 18: 996:The Sounds of the World's Languages 910:. Oslo: Norwegian University Press. 229:word for "sick" with a glottalized 13: 1161: 1101:(fourth ed.). London: Arnold. 1088:Foulkes, P.; Docherty, G. (1999). 979:10.1111/j.1467-968X.1964.tb01010.x 846:Robinson, Jonnie (24 April 2019). 339:is produced as a glottal stop. In 14: 1575: 1320: 1097:Hughes, A.; Trudgill, P. (2005). 265:mechanisms to operate, producing 23: 1288:from the original on 8 May 2006 894: 132:International Phonetic Alphabet 34:needs additional citations for 839: 812: 789: 733:that does it, that is the case 331:Glottal replacement occurs in 1: 1370: 805: 1387:states (from open to closed) 1168:Kortlandt, Frederik (2003). 1099:English Accents and Dialects 710: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 521: 516: 511: 506: 501: 488: 483: 478: 473: 468: 455: 450: 445: 440: 435: 422: 417: 412: 407: 402: 7: 1310:Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 1301:Przedlacka, Joanna (2001). 1194:Kortland, Frederik (1997). 745: 601:has three vowel qualities ( 10: 1580: 1076:. Exeter University Press. 848:"Geordie consonant sounds" 694:are the most affected but 663: 659: 656:or glottal reinforcement. 190:is most often realized as 1520: 1488: 1395: 1378: 1246:10.1017/S002222679700649X 1225:Docherty, Gerard (1997). 1179:. Rodopi. pp. 5–10. 1057:10.1017/S0025100300000633 929:10.1080/00138385208596879 641: 636: 164: 159: 1123:10.1017/CBO9780511611766 1119:10.1017/CBO9780511611759 782: 351:to have come from other 236: 1505:Harsh/ventricular voice 1260:Kerswill, Paul (2003). 1205:: 31–32. Archived from 1072:Sullivan, A.E. (1992). 906:Andrésen, B.S. (1968). 725: 335:, where syllable final 319:some consonant clusters 128:phonetic transcriptions 1521:Non-phonemic phonation 1464:(restricted airstream) 1234:Journal of Linguistics 221:: (a) the same way as 125:This article contains 999:. Oxford: Blackwell. 630:Glottal reinforcement 363:as well as the shift 1513:(epiglottal trilled) 1043:: a reexamination". 797:Vietnamese phonology 43:improve this article 1467:(blocked airstream) 1458:(maximum vibration) 767:Implosive consonant 757:Glottalic consonant 278:Glottal replacement 263:glottalic airstream 212:glottalic consonant 1111:Accents of English 752:Ejective consonant 654:pre-glottalization 1546: 1545: 1483: 1482: 1479: 1478: 1474: 1473: 1092:. London: Arnold. 650: 649: 595: 594: 286:dialects such as 173: 172: 119: 118: 111: 93: 1571: 1499:Faucalized voice 1452: 1445:(full airstream) 1398: 1397: 1393: 1392: 1381: 1380: 1365: 1358: 1351: 1342: 1341: 1337: 1335: 1333: 1317: 1307: 1297: 1295: 1293: 1287: 1266: 1256: 1255:on 7 April 2008. 1254: 1248:. 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