Glottal Stops Produced by Polish Native Speakers in Polish and in English
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This paper examines the use of glottal stops in English as a second language and Polish by Polish native speakers and in English by native speakers. The study compares glottal stop frequency in utterance-initial accented and unaccented positions. The major finding is that Polish native speakers use more glottal stops in English in unaccented than in accented syllables. This tendency is compared with the results obtained for Polish speakers producing relatively few glottal stops in utterance initial positions, contrary to common knowledge, and with the results for English speakers whose use of glottal stops is related to individual habits. The status of a glottal stop insertion as a fortition is questioned and discussed.
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