Definition of "glottalization" []

• The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction. (noun)
• Transformation of a consonant into a glottal stop or fricative. (noun)

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• "I'll be very surprized if you, as a glottalic theory proponent of sorts have not seen before the argument about stød actually representing a retention of glottalization?"
• "Tropylium: "I'll be very surprized if you, as a glottalic theory proponent of sorts have not seen before the argument about stød actually representing a retention of glottalization?""
• "How do you explain the free variation of glottalization -- a marked feature -- in English coda stops?"