Apr 25, 2019 T-glottalization Stands Out When the T Is Dropped in the Middle of Words T-glottalization tends to be more noticeable when it happens in the middle of a word. For example, a hallmark of British Cockney speech is dropping T’s in the middle of words. The final T of periodt follows a pattern in Black English where a final D can become pronounced as a T or a form of one. (If you want to get technical, this is known as final obstruent devoicing or glottalization.).

1. T-glottalization
2. T Glottalization In American Accents

In English phonology, t-glottalization or t-glottalling is a sound change in certain English dialects and accents that causes the phoneme /t/ to be pronounced as the glottal stop[ʔ](listen) in certain positions. It is never universal, especially in careful speech, and it most often alternates with other allophones of /t/ such as [t], [tʰ], [tⁿ] (before a nasal), [tˡ] (before a lateral), or [ɾ].

As a sound change, it is a subtype of debuccalization. The pronunciation that it results in is called glottalization. Apparently, glottal reinforcement, which is quite common in English, is a stage preceding full replacement of the stop,^[1] and indeed, reinforcement and replacement can be in free variation.

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T Glottalization In American Accents