Vowel breaking in Russian

[Goldberg, Stuart H]

Actually, there seems to be some literature on the web on the гортанная смычка in Russian.  It apparently can occur electively at word breaks and between vowels word-internally, esp. in emotional or carefully pronounced speech.  Notable, the most common reference to explain to the non-linguist the nature of the sound appears to be... "не-а".

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An excellent question! To my ear they are indeed separated by a glottal stop.

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From: "John Dunn" <John.Dunn at GLASGOW.AC.UK>
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But then my question is this: are the vowels in не-а separated by a glottal stop?  And, if so, are there any other contexts in Russian where a glottal stop occurs?

John Dunn.
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Perhaps in terms of etymology (what other word(s) in Russian, by the way, show an analogous effect?), but "не-а" is firmly lexicalized (like "да нет" and "да уж"), it differs stylistically and in emphasis from "нет". In this semantic field, "aга" and "ого" seem more interesting to me phonetically, as they retain an /h/ not otherwise present in the idiolect of speakers of "standard" Russian.

Stuart Goldberg

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