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1. Glide

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   The Glottal Paradox
   A peculiar observation in the study of glides concerns the glottal stop ($\text{/ʔ/}$). While typically considered a consonant marking complete closure, certain high-velocity on-glides, particularly before extremely lax vowels (such as $/i/$ in Icelandic), have been documented to momentarily require a micro-closure of the glottis, resulting in a brief, near-zero spectral energy signature lasting approximately $2$ milliseconds. This micro-closure is hypothesized to be the articulatory mechan…