glottalization
nounEtymology From glottal + -ization.
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
- Examples of glottalization include creaky voice, and the interrupted tones of Vietnamese.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences Transformation of a consonant into a glottal stop or fricative.
- Derived terms
- deglottalization, t-glottalization
- Related terms
- glottalized, glottalic