The second back vowel mispronunciation is the low back vowel [ɒ]. It appears four times in the initial position, three times in the middle position, and
four times in the final position. The mispronunciation itself only made by two announcers.
Announcer B mispronounced [ɒ] once in the initial position and twice in the middle position. The words are strongest [str
ŋɡəz], on [ n], and podcast [p
dkɑːst]. Announcer B changed the first [ɒ] into [e], the second and the third into [ɔ:]. Announcer H mispronounced [ɒ] twice when it appears in the final
position. It appears in the word dolars [d ləz] which was mispronounced into [o]
twice. Last, there was [ɑ:] sound which was mispronounced by some
announcers. The sound appears once in the initial position, five times in the middle position, and twice in the final position. The list of the data is shown in
Table 4.18 and Table 4.19 below. Table 4.18
Mispronunciation of [ɑ:]
Announcer Sound
Position Frequency
Percentage Total
Percentage
A Initial
- 36.67
Middle 3
60 Final
1 50
B Initial
- Middle
- Final
- C
Initial -
16.67 Middle
- Final
1 50
D Initial
- 13.33
Middle 2
40 Final
- E
Initial -
Middle -
Final -
F Initial
- Middle
- Final
- G
Initial -
13.33 Middle
2 40
Final -
H Initial
- 36.67
Middle 3
60 Final
1 50
I Initial
- Middle
- Final
- J
Initial -
6.67 Middle
1 20
Final -
Table 4.19
Mispronunciation of [ɒ] Word Lists
Words IPA
Notes
marginally [m
ːʤɪnəli] 2 announcers pronounced it into [ær].
sharply
[ʃ ːpli]
2 announcers pronounced it into [ær]. fast
[f
ːst]
- 3 announcers pronounced it into [e]. - 1 announcer pronounced it into [æ].
- 1 announcer pronounced it into [ɜ:]. podcast
[p
ɒdk :st] 1 announcer pronounced it into [e].
3. Diphthongs
The first diphthong mispronunciation is [aɪ]. The sound appears nine times in the middle position and once in the final position. However, the
mispronunciation only happened for the middle position sound. The data are shown in the table below.
Table 4.20
Mispronunciation of [aɪ]
Announcer Sound
Position Frequency
Percentage Total
Percentage
A Middle
1 11.11
5.56 Final
- B
Middle 1
11.11 5.56
Final -
C Middle
2 22.22
11.11 Final
- D
Middle -
Final -
E Middle
- Final
- F
Middle -
Final -
G Middle
- Final
- H
Middle 2
22.22 11.11
Final -
I Middle
- Final
- J
Middle 3
33.33 16.65
Final -
From the data above, it can be seen that there were four announcers who did not make mispronunciation. There were two announcers whose
mispronunciation equals to 5.56 and the other two equals to 11.11. There was also one announcer whose mispronunciation equals to 16.65. The list of the
mispronunciation words is shown in the table below.
Table 4.21
Mispronunciation of [aɪ] Word Lists
Words IPA
Notes
franchise [
frænʧaɪz] 3 announcers pronounced it into [ɪ].
five [fa
ɪv]
1 announcer pronounced it into [e]. titled
[t
aɪtld]
4 announcers pronounced it into [ ɪ].
The second diphthong mispronunciation is [eɪ]. [eɪ] appears once in the initial position, three times in the middle position, and ten times in the final
position. The data are listed in the Table 4.22.
Table 4.22 Mispronunciation
of [eɪ]
Announcer Sound
Position Frequency
Percentage Total
Percentage
A Initial
- 27.78
Middle 1
33.33 Final
5 50
B Initial
- 28.89
Middle 2
66.67 Final
2 20
C Initial
- 3.33
Middle -
Final 1
10 D
Initial -
11.11 Middle
1 33.33
Final -
E Initial
- Middle
- Final
- F
Initial -
Middle -
Final -
G Initial
- 35.56
Middle 2
66.67 Final
4 40
H Initial
- 22.22
Middle 2
66.67 Final
- I
Initial -
Middle -
Final -
J Initial
- 6.67
Middle -
Final 2
20
Based on the data above, it can be concluded that there was no mispronunciation in [eɪ] which appears in the initial position. There were also
three announcers who did not mispronounced [eɪ] into another sound. The other announcers frequently mispron
ounced [eɪ]. The data of the mispronunciation word lists are shown in the table below.
