Flaps (or taps) and glottal stops in Standard American English (SAE) are most often found as allophonic variants of alveolar stops, although their distribution is not limited to this alone.   For the purpose of this tutorial, we will focus on the former. A flap, often referred to as “tap”[1] is defined as a voiced consonant produced with a single and brief motion in which the tip of the tongue … [Read more...]