Glottal stops (was: B. Cthia and Nom)
Dr Maggie Hellstrom, GSI Darmstadt 
Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:25:26 MET-1MET DST

Saul et al. wrote:
>> Seriously, I always found the apostraphies very appealing as
>> a symbol for glottal stops since they show a very obvious
>> looking break in the word.
>
>Uh-huh. That's exactly why I think we may need something else for
>glottal stops: because glottal stops are something else.

Errhh...
Could someone of you more linguistics-oriented guys out there quote me the 
description/definition of "glottal stop"? I thought I knew what it was, but 
now I am thoroughly confused...

Dr. Maggie
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