The nature of the " acute " feature itself is unclear; it has variously been reconstructed as additional vowel length, the presence of a glottal stop, creaky voice, etc.
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Each of these vibratory patterns appears within a particular range of pitches and produces certain characteristic sounds . " Read the creaky voice ( aka vocal fry ) article.
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The glottalization of the ejective stops ( but not fricatives ) can be quite weak, and has been reported to often be creaky voice, that is, to have laryngealized voicing.
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Some suggest that creaky voice can function as a marker of parentheticals in conversations; creaky voice may indicate that certain phrases, when uttered with creaky voice, contain less central information.
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Some suggest that creaky voice can function as a marker of parentheticals in conversations; creaky voice may indicate that certain phrases, when uttered with creaky voice, contain less central information.
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Some suggest that creaky voice can function as a marker of parentheticals in conversations; creaky voice may indicate that certain phrases, when uttered with creaky voice, contain less central information.
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Languages with " stiff " glottalized consonants and tense voice developed high tone on the preceding vowel and those with " slack " glottalized consonants with creaky voice developed low tone.
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Many speakers begin the vowel with modal voice, followed by strong creaky voice starting toward the middle of the vowel, which is then lessening as the end of the syllable is approached.
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"I'm probably more optimistic this week than I was last week, " he said . " Last week, I asked him how he felt and I never got that smile or creaky voice.
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Some languages, such as Jalapa Mazatec, use vocal fry ( creaky voice ) as a linguistically significant marker; that is, the presence or absence of vocal fry can change the meaning of a word.
