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glottalization

glottalization noun: the act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.

Noun

glottalization (countable and uncountable, plural glottalizations)

  1. The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
    • Examples of glottalization include creaky voice, and the interrupted tones of Vietnamese.
  2. Transformation of a consonant into a glottal stop or fricative.

Forms of glottalization

pluralglottalizations

Origin of glottalization

From glottal or -ization.

Words formed from glottalization

Questions about glottalization

What does glottalization mean?
Glottalization means the act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
What part of speech is glottalization?
Glottalization is a noun.
What is the plural of glottalization?
The plural of glottalization is glottalizations.

Words near glottalization in the dictionary

  1. glottalise
  2. glottalised
  3. glottalises
  4. glottalising
  5. glottality
  6. glottalization
  7. glottalizations
  8. glottalize
  9. glottalized
  10. glottalizes
  11. glottalizing

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