Examples of 'glottal stop' in a sentence

Meaning of "glottal stop"

A glottal stop refers to a speech sound produced by momentarily closing the vocal cords or the glottis. It is a linguistic term used to describe a specific sound in some languages or dialects, such as the sound made in the middle of the English interjection 'uh-oh' or the sound represented by the apostrophe in the Cockney pronunciation of 'butter'
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  • A plosive sound articulated with the glottis.
  • The glottal stop symbol, ʔ.

How to use "glottal stop" in a sentence

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Glottal stop is phonemic but not written.
You gotta work on your glottal stop.
The glottal stop has a limited distribution.
The voiceless glottal is simply a glottal stop.
The glottal stop occurs in many languages.
It is used to represent the glottal stop.
The glottal stop is not a separate phoneme.
It is almost always followed by a glottal stop.
The glottal stop is considered epenthetic.
Sometimes this can lead to a glottal stop instead.
Initial glottal stop is not written.
None of these forms includes a final glottal stop.
The glottal stop is not indicated in the orthography.
Hyphen is possibly a glottal stop.
Glottal stop only occurs finally.

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If they are held firmly together they produce a glottal stop.
The glottal stop appears only as an intervocalic separator.
It represents the glottal stop.
Glottal stop is not indicated.
You do not have to do the old adenoidal glottal stop.
This glottal stop is never written at the beginning of a word.
A ruin or coughing a glottal stop.
The glottal stop is not written at the beginning of words.
Dental fricative is replaced by glottal stop at initial and medial positions.
Words which start with a vowel will be followed by a glottal stop.
It represents a glottal stop that follows the affected vowel.
They also often reduce the intensity of the glottal stop.
His glottal stop.
Certain words can be emphasized by the use of the glottal stop.
There is no glottal stop in the name and it is not a tonal language.
Representing a glottal stop.
A glottal stop at the end of a word is often omitted in the middle of a sentence.
All consonants except the glottal stop can occur as geminates.
Glottal stop could be argued to be epenthetic on an onsetless syllabel rather than phonemic.
Voiceless glottal stop.
All words that begin with a vowel are pronounced with a glottal stop.
Do not do all the old adenoidal glottal stop and carry on for our benefit.
Another feature which is rarely marked in manuscripts is the saltillo or glottal stop.
This usage of the glottal stop is usual in Bohemia.
There is no contrast between the presence of an initial glottal stop and its absence.
Representation of the glottal stop in Sinama has not yet reached a consensus among Sinama speakers.
Sinama speakers often spell the word final glottal stop with an h at the end.
The glottal stop or eta " is a genuine consonant.
The final h in DT stands for a glottal stop.
The imp . sg is a glottal stop followed by an echo vowel.
The Personal Pronouns in Boruca the ˇ represents a glottal stop.
Even as an onset, the glottal stop disappears in affixation.
However, its release is masked by the glottal stop.
Glottal stop may be inserted before word-initial vowels.
Some dialects of Mandarin have a final glottal stop in certain words.

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