A stop named for this place of articulation is a common allophone of /t/ (“tee”) in English. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this opening between the vocal folds.
ANSWER: glottis [accept glottal stop]
[10h] The change from a /t/ to a glottal stop is an example of this type of lenition process in which an oral consonant becomes glottalized.
ANSWER: debuccalization [or debuccalizing]
[10m] The debuccalization of /s/ (“ess”) at the end of a syllable in many Latin American Spanish dialects is sometimes referred to by this term. This word more commonly refers to a property that is possessed by the /p/ (“pee”) in the English word “pin,” but not the one in the word “spin.”
ANSWER: aspiration [or aspirated]
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