Phoneme ð A STUDY ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF CONSONANTS: A CASE STUDY OF JAVANESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH A Study on the Pronunciation of Consonant: A Case Study of Javanese learners of English.

16 showed 33 sound shifts. The sound shift that often appears was the change of phoneme v into f. The researcher found the data as bellow:  In the word of ‘video’ vIdiəʊ, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. vIdi əʊ → fIdi əʊ  In the word of ‘very’ ’verI:, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. ’verI: → ’ferI:  In the word of ‘vast’ va:st, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. va:st → fa:st In medial position, there were three words that used by the researcher. The words are ‘advice’, ‘heavy’, and ‘navigator’. The result of these analyses showed 34 sound shifts. The sound shift that often appears was the change of phoneme v into f. The researcher found the data as bellow:  In the word of ‘advice’ əd’vaIz, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. əd’vaIz → əd’faIz  In the word of ‘heavy’ ’hevi, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. ’hevi → ’hefi  In the word of ‘navigator’ nævIgeItər, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. nævIgeIt ər → næfIgeIt ər In final position, there were three words that used by the researcher. The words are ‘save’, ‘believe’, and ‘nave’. The result of these analyses showed 46 sound shifts. The sound shift that often appears was the change of phoneme v into f. The researcher found the data as bellow:  In the word of ‘save’ seiv, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. seiv → seif  In the word of ‘belive’ bI’li:v, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. bI’li:v → bI’li:f  In the word of ‘nave’ neIv, they changed phoneme v into phoneme f. neIv → neIf

2.11. Phoneme ð

There are 9 words that used to this research to study phoneme ð. Each word consists of phoneme ð in initial, medial, and final positions. All the words read by 20 Javanese learners of English. The result of the collected the data showed that totally 180 phoneme ð that pronounced by the participants, there were 63 sound shifts. These sound shifts were divided into 3 positions; initial, medial, and final positions. 17 In initial position, there were 3 words that used by the researcher. The words are ‘them’, ‘they’, and ‘that’. The result of these analyses showed 14 sound shifts. The sound shift that often appears was the change of phoneme ð into phoneme d. The researcher found the data as bellow:  In the word of ‘them’ ðem, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme d. ðem → dem  In the word of ‘they’ ðeI, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme d. ðeI → deI  In the word of ‘that’ ðæt, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme d. ðæt → dæt Then, four of them pronounced phoneme ð into nd. The researcher found the data as bellow:  In the word of ‘they’ ðeI, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme nd. ðeI → ndeI  In the word of ‘that’ ðæt, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme nd. ðæt → ndæt In medial position, there were three words that used by the researcher. The words are ‘other’, ‘lather’, and ‘rather’. The result of these analyses showed 16 sound shifts. The sound shift that often appears was the change of phoneme ð into d. The researcher found the data as bellows:  In the word of ‘other’ ’ʌðər, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme d. ’ʌðər → ’ʌdər  In the word of ‘lather’ ’l ːðər, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme d. ’l ːðər → ’l ːdər  In the word of ‘rather’ ra:ðər, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme d. ra:ð ər → ra:d ər Besides the alteration phoneme ð into phoneme d, there was another sound shift.  In the word of ‘lather’ ’l ːðər, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme θ ’l ːðər → ’l ːθər In final position, there were three words that used by the researcher. The words are ‘breathe’, ‘loathe’, and ‘clothe’. The result of these analyses showed 34 sound shifts. The researcher found the data as bellow: 18  In the word of ‘breathe’ bri:ð, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme d. bri:ð → bri:d  In the word of clothe’ kləʊð, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme d. kl əʊð → kl əʊd  In the word of ‘breathe’ bri:ð, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme t. bri:ð → bri:t  In the word of ‘loathe’ ləʊð, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme t. l əʊð → l əʊt  In the word of ‘clothe’ kləʊð, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme t. kl əʊð → kl əʊt  In the word of ‘breathe’ bri:ð, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme θ. bri:ð → bri:θ  In the word of ‘loathe’ ləʊð, they changed phoneme ð into phoneme θ. l əʊð → l əʊθ  In the word of ‘clothe’ kləʊð, they changed phonemeð into phoneme θ. kl əʊð → kl əʊθ

2.12. Phoneme θ