laryngealize
English
Verb
laryngealize (third-person singular simple present laryngealizes, present participle laryngealizing, simple past and past participle laryngealized)
- (phonetics) To articulate as a laryngeal sound, to produce (a sound) through or with action of the larynx.
- (phonetics) To modify (a pronunciation or a sound) by constricting the larynx.
- 1993, Fernando Poyatos, Paralanguage, page 209:
- But creaky or laryngealized quality throughout whole stretches of very low-pitched speech characterize boredom, reluctance [etc.] Children typically laryngealize their voice for coaxing adults.
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See also
- creaky voice
- guttural