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Dileepa Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference between /ə/ and glottal stop

I would really appreciate it if someone explain and provide me with a website link to understand the difference between /?/ and glottal stop. The main reason for this is though I find a number of videos explaining what is the glottal stop, I couldn't find anything comparing the difference between /?/ and glottal stop.

  

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/ and glottal stop. I am not an expert on phonetics, but to me there doesn't seem a reason to make such a comparison, particularly. As I perceive it, there is no particular connection between these sounds.

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  • / and glottal stop.
  • I am not an expert on phonetics, but to me there doesn't seem a reason to make such a comparison, particularly.
  • As I perceive it, there is no particular connection between these sounds.
  • / is a vowel (the "laziest" vowel sound you can make), while the glottal stop is classed as a consonant and is formed by suddenly closing the airways in order to "cut off" a vowel sound (any vowel sound).
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dileepaI couldn't find anything comparing the difference between /?/ and glottal stop.

I am not an expert on phonetics, but to me there doesn't seem a reason to make such a comparison, particularly. As I perceive it, there is no particular connection between these sounds. /?/ is a vowel (the "laziest" vowel sound you can make), while the glottal stop is cla

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dileepa

the difference between /?/ and glottal stop ( /?/ )

Note the symbol for the glottal stop /?/. It looks like a question mark.

The glottal stop is considered a consonant sound. It's the sound you make when you start to say any vowel. For example if you repeatedly say "A A A A A" or "E E E E E" or "I I I I I", there is a gl

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