Glottal Stop /ʔ/ vs. the /h/ sound | Consonant Sounds | Phonology

[@btoalonso]

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[@ramamonato5039]

In pure Received Pronunciation, we employ the glottal stop only in initial position when a word begins with a vowel, like ask, old, under, etc.

[@ramamonato5039]

In German, people employ glottal stops very often, like in Beamte [bəˈʔamtə], Verantwortung [fɛrˈʔantvɔrtʊŋ], Theater [teˈʔɑːtər], etc.

[@Amira-48]

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[@cejannuzi]

I remember years ago looking at imagery of the glottis when glottal stops were being made. I guess it was sonograms. Anyway, the data indicated the glottal stop definitely involved PARTIAL CLOSURE of the glottis.

[@stephenzhao5809]

Thanks a lot, Billie.

[@cejannuzi]

The biggest problem with the glottal stop is the writing system doesn't capture it. Another problem is if we think of it as a variant of consonants, then which consonant is it a variant of? The same issue comes up with unstressed central vowels like 'shwa'.

[@johnlie8586]

Hi Billie, Which books are useful to read about the topic you teach? Thanks,

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[@NazirAbbasi-dm7pm]

Could you please make a video about phone, allphone, phoneme.? Thanks a lot

[@BillieEnglish]

I have already made some! Just go to my channel on on the channel search, put in the word 'allophone' and you'll see it!

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[@alyanahzoe]

4:15 yeah right 😂😂😂

[@ramamonato5039]

In an uneducated type of English, people omit the initial "h" as in hand, horse, etc. They replace it with a glottal stop.

[@cejannuzi]

And how about hour? LOL. I would use the term 'non-standard' rather than uneducated.

[@ramamonato5039]

@@cejannuzi No. The word "hour" and "honest" are not Germanic words. They were taken from French. In French, all initial "h" are always not pronounced. What I am talking about is native English words.