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Re: The status of the glottal stop in Hebrew

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Monday, July 5, 2004, 20:56
Chris Bates wrote:

> John Cowan wrote: > >> Dan Sulani scripsit: >> >> >> >>> But I'm not so sure that an English speaker would notice the >>> difference, given that (IIRC) English words which are perceived by >>> naive native speakers as beginning with a vowel, usually actually >>> begin >>> with a glottal stop! (There are probably dialects to the contrary, >>> but I can't, offhand, think of any.) >>> >>> >> >> Mine, for sure. I had to consciously learn to make initial glottal >> stops >> when learning German, and I think it is regularly taught to people >> learning >> German, not just me. I definitely say [T&rIz@n'&pl=], not >> [T&r?Iz?@n'?&pl=] >> for "that is an apple". >> >> -- >> > What English dialect do you speak? I never skip the final t on That... > so mine is more like [T&tIz@n&pl=] (shamelessly modifying your X-SAMPA > or whatever). Well, I'd actually be more likely to say [T&ts@n&pl=], > but....
And of course, mine is [D&?s@n&p@l](or possible [D&?s@n&pM].