glottal_catch has definitions from the fields of linguistics,phonetics
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[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel

Used in print

(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)

Some phonetic features , for_example glottal_catch or murmur , are sometimes to be assigned to segmental phonemics and sometimes to accentual_systems .

Related terms

stop_consonant

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