Re: Is this a glottal stop?
From: Derek Rogers (derek_at_derek.co.uk)
Date: 08/01/04
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Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:27:04 +0100
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:45:56 GMT, "Rex F. May" <rex.may@comcast.net>
wrote:
>in article 410AF2C0.3563@worldnet.att.net, Peter T. Daniels at
>grammatim@worldnet.att.net wrote on 7/30/04 7:15 PM:
>
>> Mxsmanic wrote:
>>>
>>> Greg Lee writes:
>>>
>>>> Yes. Two vowels next to each other, especially similar vowels, makes
>>>> a difficulty in articulation or perception. When "the" is /Di/, the
>>>> phonetic off-glide [y] of the /i/ separates the vowel of "the" from
>>>> the first vowel of "underground". When "the" is /D@/, since /@/ doesn't
>>>> have a glide, a glottal stop can be stuck in to separate the vowels.
>>>
>>> Should I transcribe the glottal stop (keeping in mind that I'm
>>> transcribing for illustrations that I use for ESL students)?
>>
>> You should teach them Standard English, rather than Chicago dialect. In
>> Standard English, "the" is /Diy/ before a vowel, /D@/ before a
>> consonant.
>
>Really? Standard English as spoken where?
Come off it! Any FL teacher knows you have to choose a national
standard, simply because it has the widest currency.
Derek Rogers
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