Vowel Breaking Types of Sound Changes which Occurred in Pronunciation of ELESP

54 Table 4.7 The Classification of Words Affected by Abnormal Sound Changes Types Words Longman Participants’ Front low æ to Front mid e Accent ˈæk.sənt e k.sən Accurate ˈæk.jʊ.rət ek. ʊ.ret And ænd en Arabic ˈær.ə.bɪk ˈer.e.bɪk Can kæn ken Can‟t kænt ken Example ɪgˈzæm.pl ɪkˈsem.pəl France fræns frens Habits ˈhæb.ɪts ˈheb.ɪts Have hæv hef Language ˈlæŋ.gwɪdʒ ˈleŋ.wɪdʒ Manage ˈmæn.ɪdʒ ˈmen.edʒ Path pæ θ pet Spanish ˈspæn.ɪʃ ˈspen.ɪs That ðæt det Interdental to Alveolar ð to d Another ə ˈnʌð.ə r ə ˈnʌd.ə r That ðæt det The ði ː or ðə d ə Their ðe ə r de ɪ r They ðe ɪ de ɪ This ð ɪs d ɪs θ to t Theories ˈθɪə.ri:z ˈteo.ri:s Path pæ θ pet The first change was the shift of low front vowel [æ] into mid front vowel [e]. The shift from the former vowel into the latter vowel occurred in both front and middle of the word. The sound change in front of the word can be seen in word accurate [æ k.jʊ.rət]. The participants tended to pronounce [ek.jʊ.rət] which 55 allowed the shift. Meanwhile, the shift occurred in the middle of the word can be seen in word example [ɪgˈzæm.pl ] which was commonly pronounced [ɪkˈsem.pəl]. This type of sound change occurs because of the absence of the low front vowel æ in the participants‟ native language sound system i.e. Indonesian language. The second change of abnormal sound changes was the replacement of interdental voiced sound ð by alveolar voiceless sound t. This phenomenon also happened in two conditions: in the beginning and middle of the word. The replacement that occurred in the beginning of the word can be seen in the word that ðæt. In this case, most participants pronounced det when reading such word. In the middle of the word, the shift can be discovered in the word another [ əˈnʌð.ə r ]. Still, the replacement from original sound was by alveolar voiced stop was reflected in participants pronunciation [əˈnʌd.ə r ]. The absence of interdental voiced fricative sound ð became the main reason of the mispronunciation. The last case of abnormal sound change was also about the replacement of interdental fricative sound by alveolar fricative sound. The difference for this case was that the voiceless sounds took place in the substitution; the sound θ was replaced sound s. This phenomenon is available in word theories. Referring to the research findings, the researcher found that most participants tended to pronounce [ˈteo.ri:s] rather than [ˈθɪə.ri:z]. The shift did not appear only in the beginning of the word. The other example conveyed the shift which applied in the end of the word; path [pæ θ]. In this occurrence, most participants pronounced