Hadar Shemesh shows how a glottal stop replaces the t sound in words like kitten and Manhattan. The vocal folds close briefly to stop airflow in the larynx, creating a quicker sound than a regular t.
'Kitten.' Now I can release the air through the nose. 'Kitten.' 'Kitten.' Because I don't really pronounce the T here, but a glottal stop can help me make the sound a little shorter and quicker. 'Kitten.' 'K-i-t-t-n.' Glottal stop and then an N. 'Kitten.' So if I stop my breath here, that's the sound I'm hearing. Uh, uh, uh. I'm closing the entrance of the air here. Uh, uh, uh. That is a glottal stop. Manhattan, en. Forgot, en. Forgotten, forgotten. A glottal stop is when the air is stopped in your larynx, which is your voice box, where the vocal folds are, where the voice is created and vibrates. The vocal cords start vibrating, and then the voice is moving towards the space of the mouth, and then it resonates there.
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