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The Glottal Stop in English: A Descriptive Study | ||
| journal of the college of basic education | ||
| Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 65, 2010, Pages 97-110 | ||
| Author | ||
| Majda Sabri Faris | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study provides a descriptive account of the glottal stop in English. The glottal stop is a speech sound made by closing and opening the glottis which in English sometimes takes the place of /t/ as in water for example. It is said that the glottal stop is difficult in pronunciation and recognition for foreign learner of English. However, it is used to conform many functions. The present study tries to explore these functions and the contexts in which it may appear. In addition to that it investigates the actual status of this sound, i.e. whether it is considered a phoneme or not in the English language. Thus, this study tries to provide a thorough description of the glottal stop and other related phenomena in British English and American English. The results of this study can be briefly outlined in the following points:1- Nearly all phoneticians, phonologists and scholars of English agree on a fact that the glottal stop is not a phoneme in English, instead, it is sometimes considered as an allophone of the voiceless plosives, especially, /t/ in some accents of English. The use of the glottal stop [?] in place of /t/ and other voiceless plosives is on the increase in present-day English.2- [?] is found at the end of a syllable (mostly occurs in the coda position).3- It is preceded by a stressed syllable.4- It is preceded by a vowel or a sonorant consonant (especially, /n/ and /l/) and followed by a consonant. | ||
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