Learn American English! How to Pronounce the Glottal Stop /ʔ/

hi i'm julie with san diego voice and accent and in this video you'll learn four ways to use the glottal stop in american english [Music] glottal stop glottal t stop t all these terms refer to the same sound it's this sound here but not the voiced part it's the part between the voiced parts uh my vocal cords came together to stop the airflow and the voicing stopped too that is a glottal stop glottal meaning vocal cords and stop meaning a stop of airflow and in american english glottal stops are very common and can be used in all areas of speech creating a document is also new in android kitkat and now you might think oh it's a tiny little button it probably is pretty i'm old enough to remember batman in first serial the first place you might use a glottal stop is at the beginning of a word that begins with a vowel say the word oven oven now say it slowly and exaggerate the first sound ah oven oven you should feel that at the beginning of the uh vowel your vocal cords were probably closed ah oven that's a glottal stop and native speakers may use it at the beginning of words that begin with a vowel either when the word is said by itself like oven or in a sentence like turn on the oven i used a quick glottal stop between the and oven turn on the oven a second time you might use a glottal stop is in the place of a t sound in certain words and when this happens i usually call it the stop t let's take the word button for example look at the ipa transcriptions that i have for this word the first transcription uses a stop t and a syllabic n in the final syllable button the second transcription uses a true t the schwa vowel and then a normal n consonant in the last syllable button which one sounds more natural button button native speakers will almost always pronounce this word using a stop t in the place of the t sound and then omit the vowel and transition from the glottal stop to a syllabic n consonant button this process can occur in words that have a t before an n consonant in the final syllable and the final syllable is unstressed like in the words cotton eaten and forgotten a third time you might use a glottal stop is in the place of a t sound in contractions that contain the n apostrophe t combination and when this happens i usually call it a stop t here are some examples can won't and don't you maybe learned to pronounce these words using a true released t sound can't won't don't but native speakers will often use a stop t instead this can occur in all contractions that use an n apostrophe t combination here's what these words sound like with the true t and then a stop t can't can't won't won't don't don't and a fourth time you might use a glottal stop is when you are linking two words or syllables together and the first word or syllable ends with the t sound and the next word or syllable begins with a consonant native speakers may use a glottal stop for the t sound and when this happens i usually call it a stop t here are some examples let me that way and outside let's practice the glottal stop in words and sentences i'll read each word three times and then you'll have a chance to repeat and then i'll read each sentence once and you'll have a chance to repeat easy easy easy interesting interesting interesting about about about mountain mountain mountain kitten kitten kitten certain certain certain haven't haven't haven't i haven't had my coffee yet couldn't couldn't couldn't i couldn't go yesterday wasn't wasn't wasn't that wasn't my fault sit down sit down sit down you need to sit down please eat fast eat fast eat fast you have five minutes so eat fast hot dog hot dog hot dog i don't like hot dogs i hope this video helped you to learn when to use the glottal stop in american english thanks for watching and let me know how i can help you perfect your american accent you

Channel: San Diego Voice and Accent

Views: 22,802

Keywords: American English, American accent, American English pronunciation, English pronunciation, English

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Length: 7min 50sec (470 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 28 2020