Glottal Stop

[anupumh]

Hi,

What is referred as a Glottal Stop? Which English Accent has glottal stops and what is their relevance?

Thanks

[konungursvia]

It's when you stop and then "explode" air from the opening between your tongue and throat, creating a staccato sound like an mp3 skipping.

Many British accents use it in place of a [t].

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by anupumh

Hi,

What is referred as a Glottal Stop? Which English Accent has glottal stops and what is their relevance?

Thanks

If you know how Uh-oh! is said in English, the first 'h' is a glottal stop.
It's the most 'back' stop. The English unvoiced stops are are /p, t, k, ʔ/

Actually konungursvia is probably describing a pharyngeal stop, which doesn't occur in English (but I think it does in Arabic, or maybe that's the uvular stop in the diagram below).
A glottal stop is formed by closing your glottis (voicebox) - it doesn't involve the tongue or pharyngeal wall. If you start a word with a glottal stop, it sounds like a cough, depending on the amount of aspiration you use.

[konungursvia]

Originally Posted by Raymott

If you know how Uh-oh! is said in English, the first 'h' is a glottal stop.
It's the most 'back' stop. The English unvoiced stops are are /p, t, k, ʔ/

Actually konungursvia is probably describing a pharyngeal stop, which doesn't occur in English (but I think it does in Arabic, or maybe that's the uvular stop in the diagram below).
A glottal stop is formed by closing your glottis (voicebox) - it doesn't involve the tongue or pharyngeal wall. If you start a word with a glottal stop, it sounds like a cough, depending on the amount of aspiration you use.

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Yes, that's right. I shouldn't have said it was the tongue.

[Tdol]

Originally Posted by konungursvia

Many British accents use it in place of a [t].

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