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Definition of Glottal stop
1. Noun. A stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel.
Generic synonyms: Occlusive, Plosive, Plosive Consonant, Plosive Speech Sound, Stop, Stop Consonant
Definition of Glottal stop
1. Noun. (phonetics) A plosive sound articulated with the glottis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glottal Stop
Literary usage of Glottal stop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stability and Variation in Hopi Song by George List (1993)
"The glottal stop In these transcriptions the glottal stop is indicated by a ...
Linguists commonly represent the glottal stop by the apostrophe but here ..."
2. A Danish and Dano-Norwegian Grammar by Peter Olsen Groth (1894)
"glottal stop. 76. The accent stress (including in some cases the secondary accent)
takes in Danish in a great many (originally) monosyllabic words the ..."
3. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"glottal stop. 38. There is in German a consonant that is not represented by any
sign in the written language, namely, the glottal stop. ..."
4. University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature (1917)
"A final syllable ending in glottal stop (§ 14) often receives a higher degree of
stress than a corresponding syllable with a different final. ..."
5. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... I want to swim There appears to be an intimate relationship between the glottal
stop and the trill r. Frequently, particularly with reduplicated stems, ..."
6. The Teaching of German in Secondary Schools by Elijah William Bagster-Collins (1904)
""The glottal stop is produced by stopping the breath in the throat and exploding
it thence, as one often does in making an unusual effort, as in pushing. ..."
7. The Sounds of English: An Introduction to Phonetics by Henry Sweet (1908)
"The opening is heard in an ordinary cough, while the convulsive closure of the
glottis results in what is known as a hiccup. This ' glottal stop' [! ..."
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