The affinity of low vowels and glottal stops: an articulatory model and a perceptual investigation
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An investigation of phonological phenomena involving glottal stops and vowels shows that the presence of glottal stops influences the quality of the surrounding vowels: the vowels are lowered (Rose, 1996). For example, in Klallam (a Coast Salish language), non-low vowels /i u ə/ are lowered to [ε o a], respectively, when followed by [ʔ]: /p’íх w ŋ/ is pronounced as [p’εʔх w ŋ] ‘overflow’/‘overflowing’ and /šúpt/ as [šóʔpt] ‘whistle’/‘whistling’ (Thompson et al., 1974).
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