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four times for each word. In another song there were words snake and taste which appeared once and other words such as so and wake appeared twice for each word.
From the strategy used, the examples could be seen when the singer said
the words cold, twilight, snake, and taste. Those words should be pronounced with
clear diphthongs which are ko ʊld, twaɪlaɪt, sneɪk, and teɪst. In fact, the singer
had simplified the pronunciation of the diphthongs which became k ɔ:ld, tw :let,
snek, and test. From the examples of some acts done by the singer, it is true that the singer
did the sound simplification. The acts of simplifying the sound also occurred in diphthongs. In addition, this is exactly the same as what McMahon 2002 had stated
that the sound simplification usually occurs within short and long vowels.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter summarizes the findings of the research from the videos and give the recommendations related to the findings for other researchers who want to
do the similar research. Therefore, this chapter consists of two sections which are conclusions and recommendations.
A. Conclusions
From the findings of the research, there are two major conclusions. First, the Japanese speakers, as represented by the singer of a group band, have the
different pronunciation process from English speakers in producing English words containing tense vowels, diphthongs, and liquids. These differences are caused by
the non-existence of some sounds in their phonological system. The second is that the linguistic strategies used by the Japanese speakers when they face non-exist
sounds in their phonological system. As mentioned before, the results from the analysis of the live performance
videos indicated that the Japanese speakers as represented by the singer of the band called
L’Arc-en-Ciel have different pronunciation process in pronouncing the English words. The differences came when the singer produced English words
containing tense vowels, diphthongs, and liquids. When the singer produced English words containing tense vowels the data showed that the singer pronounced
them in lax. For example when he pronounced the words me, knee, and see as m
ɪ,
