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Deglottalization

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glottalizationnoun(phonology) The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
glottalisationnounAlternative spelling of glottalization. [(phonology) The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.]
glottalitynounThe condition of being glottal
t-glottalizationnoun(phonology) The pronunciation of the phoneme /t/ as a glottal stop in certain positions.
degeminationnoun(phonetics, uncountable) The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
glottalnoun(linguistics) A sound made with the glottis
glottogenesisnounThe development of speech.
gutturalisationnounAlternative form of gutturalization. [The act or process of gutturalizing.]
germanificationnounThe act or process of making something German.
greekificationnounthe act or process of Greekifying.
gothificationnounThe act of gothifying; the process of making Gothic (in any sense).
gayizationnounThe act or process of making something gay (homosexual).
glottisnoun(anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
onglidenoun(phonetics) The first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few.
glottographynoun(linguistics) A writing system where written symbols correspond to speech.
glottogonistnounOne who studies glottogony.
granularizationnounThe act or process of granularizing.
gallicizationnounSynonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts.
glottogramnoun(linguistics) A table showing dialectal features correlated with age and location.
glutitionnoun(obsolete, physiology) The act or process of swallowing.

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