glottal stop
nounUK /ɡlɒtəl stɒp/ · US /ɡlɑtəl stɑp/
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences A plosive sound articulated with the glottis.
- Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words.2023 October 31, “Language barrier: why even Harry has stopped speaking the king’s English”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024:
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The glottal stop symbol, ʔ.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences hiatus
- Synonyms
- glottal plosive