glottal plosive


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Noun1.glottal plosive - a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
glottal catch, glottal stop
occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant, stop - a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
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* The onset should avoid any unwanted sound during the attack (e.g., [h] as in a breathy onset, or a glottal plosive).
The German School of Singing: A Compendium of German Treatises 1848-1965
A glottal plosive [?] occurs phonetically, especially post-vocalically in a set of words, but it is subject to much variation in its realization, and is best regarded as a prosodic feature of the language and will be treated in our discussion of tone.
Notes on Kalkoti: a Shina language with strong Kohistani influences
The reason for such spellings is that the glottal plosive phoneme had already lost its phonetic value as in Western Aramaic in general.
Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek Documentary Texts from Nahal Hever and Other Sites, With an Appendix Containing Alleged Qumran Texts, The Seiyal Collection II. (Reviews of Books)

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