J Initial
- Middle
- Final
-
From the table, it can be seen that there were three announcers mispronounced [t] when it appears in the final position. There was also one
announcer who mispronounced [t] when it appears in the initial position twice. Announcer A mispronounced [t] which appears in the word eight. The word
should be pronounced as [
eɪt]. However, Announcer A pronounced it into [θ]. On the other hands, Announcer C mispronounced [ɪt] into [ɪs].
The announcer who often made mispronunciation in the sound [t] is Announcer I. In the initial position, Announcer I mispronounced the second [t]
sound in the word estimated
[estɪmeɪtɪd] into [n]. Announcer I also
mispronounced the first [t] sound in the word latest
[leɪtɪst] into [s]. Not only [t]
which appears in the initial position but also in the final position did Announcer I mispronounce. Announcer I mispronounced eight
[eɪt] into [eɪks] and podcast
[
pɒdkɑːst] into [s]. d.
Alveolar Fricative
In alveolar fricative, there are [z] and [s] sounds. The most mispronounced sound among another is [z]. The sound only appears in the final
position eight times. Almost all of the announcers mispronounced [z] into [s]. The data are listed in the next table.
Table 4.8 Mispronunciation of [z]
Announcer Frequency
Total Percentage
A -
B 4
50
C 1
12.5 D
2 25
E 2
25 F
1 12.5
G 5
62.5 H
2 25
I -
J 5
62.5
From the data above, it can be concluded that there were two announcers who did not make any mispronunciation. Announcers who often made the
mispronunciation were Announcer G and J. Their pronunciation equals to 62.5. It was followed by Announcer B whose mispronunciation equals to 50.
Announcer D and E’s mispronunciation equals to 25 . Last, Announcer DC anf F’s mispronunciation equals to 12.5. The list of the mispronunciation words can
be seen in the table below.
Table 4.9 Mispronunciation of [z] into [s] Word Lists
Words IPA
Notes
dollars
[dɒləz]
Mispronounced by three announcers. franchise
[frænʧaɪz]
Mispronounced by seven announcers. strongest
[strɒŋgəz]
Mispronounced by one announcer. was
[wɒz] or [wəz] Mispronounced by two announcers.
Another alveolar fricative sound is [s] which stands for the voiceless one. [s] appears 16 times in the initial position, five times in the middle position, and
23 times in the final position. The mispronunciation itself only occurs once in each initial and middle position. Announcer B mispronounced [s] in the word
seven [sev
ən] into [z] while Announcer I mispronounced [z] in the word podcast [
pɒdkɑːst] into [t].
e. Palatal Fricative
[ʃ] and [ʒ] are included in palatal fricative. The mispronunciation of palatal fricative occurred only for the [
ʃ] sound. The sound only appears in the initial position twice. Announcer C mispronounced it into [s] once in the word
sharply [
ʃɑ:pli]. f.
Palatal Affricate
Both [ʤ] and [ʧ] in the palatal affricate are seldom mispronounced by the announcers.
[ʤ] appears once in the news. It occurs in the initial position in the word marginally [
mɑːʤɪnəli]. There were two announcers who
mispronounced the sound [ʤ]. Announcer A mispronounced [ʤ] into [ʒ] and Announcer B mispronounced [ʤ] into [ɡ].
On the other hands, the sound [ʧ] appears twice in the news. Both of them are in the word franchise [fræn
ʧaɪz]. Announcer H mispronounced [ʧ] into
[s] twice while Announcer I and J mispronounced it once. Whereas, Announcer I mispronounced the other [ʧ] in the word franchise into [f].
g. Velar Oral Stop
In alveolar fricative, there are [ ɡ] and [k] sounds. The mispronunciation
of alveolar fricative appears in the sound [ ɡ]. The sound appears only in the initial
position four times. There were three announcers who mispronounced [ɡ] sound.
Announcer A and C mispronounced [ɡ] in the word strongest [strɒŋɡəz] into [ʒ]. Announcer J also mispronounced [ɡ] into [ʒ] in the word figure [fɪɡə].
2. Vowel Sounds
a. Front Vowel
The first front vowel mispronunciation is the high front vowel [i]. The sound appears in the initial position once, middle position six times, and final
position 21 times. There were two mispronunciations in this sound. The data are listed in the table below.
Table 4.10 Mispronunciation of [i:]
Announcer Sound
Position Frequency
Percentage Total
Percentage
A Initial
- 1.59
Middle -
Final 1
4.76 B
Initial 1
100 40.48
Middle 1
16.67 Final
1 4.76
C Initial
- 12.7
Middle 2
33.33 Final
1 4.76
D Initial
- 1.59
Middle -
Final 1
4.76 E
Initial -
1.59 Middle
- Final
1 4.76
F Initial
- Middle
- Final
- G
Initial -
Middle -
Final -
H Initial
- 7.14
Middle 1
16.67 Final
1 4.76
I Initial
- 7.14
Middle 1
16.67 Final
1 4.76
J Initial
- 1.59
Middle -
Final 1
4.76
From the table, it can be seen that there were two announcers who did not make any mispronunciation. There were four announcers whose
mispronounced equals to 1.59 followed by two announcers whose mispronounced equals to 7.14. Announcer C and B often mispronounced [i:].
Their mispronunciations equal to 12.7 and 40.48. The summarized of the mispronunciation sounds can be also seen in the table below.
Table 4.11 Mispronunciation of [i:] Word Lists
Words IPA
Notes
previous [pri:vi
əs] 8 announcers pronounced the 1
st
[i] into [e]. Easter
[i:
stə] 1 announcer pronounced it into [e].
appeal
[əpi:l]
2 announcers pronounced it as [e]. BBC
[bi:bi:si:] 1 announcer pronounced the 1
st
and 2
nd
[i] into [e]. released
[rɪli:s]
2 announcers pronounced it into [ ɜ:].
The second front vowel mispronunciation is the mid- high front vowel [ɪ].
The sound appears in the initial position nine times, middle position 17 times, and final position 13 times. The mispronunciations are shared in the table below.
Table 4.12
Mispronunciation of [ɪ]
Announcer Sound
Position Frequency
Percentage Total
Percentage
A Initial
- 2.56
Middle -
Final 1
7.69 B
Initial -
2.56 Middle
- Final
1 7.69
C Initial
- Middle
- Final
- D
Initial -
Middle -
Final -
