Palatal Fricative Velar Oral Stop
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 -
E Initial
- Middle
- Final
- F
Initial -
Middle -
Final -
G Initial
- Middle
- Final
- H
Initial -
5.13 Middle
- Final
2 15.38
I Initial
- 2.56
Middle -
Final 1
7.69 J
Initial -
1.96 Middle
1 5.88
Final -
From the data above, it can be seen that there were five announcers who did not
mispronounced [ɪ] into any other sound. Five other announcers mispronounced the sound not until 10.
From all the words which contain [ɪ] sound, the researcher summed the mispronunciation list. The data are listed in the
table below.
Table 4.13 Mispronunci
ation of [ɪ] Word Lists
Words IPA
Notes
film [f
ɪlm]
1 announcer pronounced it into [e]. thriller
[θrɪlər]
- 1 announcer pronounced it into [aɪ]. - 1 announcer pronounced it into [e].
figure [f
ɪɡə]
1 announcer pronounced it into [ju]. release
[r
ɪliːs]
- 1 announcer pronounced it into [e]. - 1 announcer pronounced it into [ɜ:].
The third front vowel mispronunciation is the mid front vowel [e]. [e] appears three times in the initial position, eight times in the middle position, and
four times in the final position. The data are listed in the table below. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI