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Glottalization in a sentence

Glottalization meaning

  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.
  2. Transformation of a consonant into a glottal stop or fricative.

Using Glottalization

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction. | Transformation of a consonant into a glottal stop or fricative.
  • In the example corpus, glottalization often appears in combinations such as: the glottalization.

Context around Glottalization

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Glottalization

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

analyses the glottalization as phonation 1× by the glottalization 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for example high 1× miller 2011 analyses 1×

Common sentence endings:

be simple clicks 1× by the glottalization 1×

Words around Glottalization

Just before it in the word index:

glottalic 5 glottal 31 glotta 2 glostrup 3 gloster 33 glossy 242

Just after it in the word index:

glottalized 9 glottis 15 glotz 2 glotzbach 2 glotzer 2 gloucester 337

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Glottalization

  • In this selection, "glottalization" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include analyses the glottalization as phonation and by the glottalization. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "glottalization" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with glottalization

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Miller (2011) analyses the glottalization as phonation, and so considers these to be simple clicks. (15 words)

For example, high tone in Navajo and low tone in Slavey are due to contrast with the tone triggered by the glottalization. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

For example, high tone in Navajo and low tone in Slavey are due to contrast with the tone triggered by the glottalization. (22 words)

Miller (2011) analyses the glottalization as phonation, and so considers these to be simple clicks. (15 words)

Example sentences (2)

For example, high tone in Navajo and low tone in Slavey are due to contrast with the tone triggered by the glottalization.

Miller (2011) analyses the glottalization as phonation, and so considers these to be simple clicks.

Common combinations with glottalization

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "glottalization" in a sentence?
An example: "For example, high tone in Navajo and low tone in Slavey are due to contrast with the tone triggered by the glottalization." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "glottalization" from authentic English texts.
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.
How many example sentences with "glottalization" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "glottalization", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.