Table 4.2 Mispronunciation of [v] into [f] Word Lists
Words IPA
Notes
previous [pri:v
iəs] Mispronounced by one announcer. five
[faɪv]
Mispronounced by two announcers. seven
[sev
ən] Mispronounced by two announcers.
b. Dental Fricative
The first dental fricative sound is [ð]. It is included in the voiced dental fricative. In the news, [ð] only appears in the initial position. It appears 16 times.
[ð] appears in the word the [ð ǝ], or [ðɪ] if it is followed by vowel sounds. There
were some announcers who mispronounced [ð] into [d]. The data are listed in the table below.
Table 4.3 Mispronunciation of [ð]
Announcer Frequency
Total Percentage
A -
B -
C -
D 8
50 E
16 100
F 16
100 G
16 100
H 3
18.75 I
- J
-
There were five announcers who did not make any mispronunciation. Then, there was one announcers which the mispronunciation equals to 18.75
and one equals to 50. Last, there were three announcers who mispronounced all [ð] into [d].
The other dental fricative sound is [θ] which stands for the voiceless one.
[θ] appears three times in the initial position and once in the final position. Some announcers mispronounced [θ] into [t]. The data are in the table below.
Table 4.4
Mispronunciation of [θ]
Announcer Sound
Position Frequency
Percentage Total
Percentage
A Initial
3 100
50 Final
B Initial
2 66.67
33.33 Final
C Initial
2 66.67
33.33 Final
D Initial
2 66.67
33.33 Final
E Initial
1 33.33
16.67 Final
F Initial
2 66.67
33.33 Final
G Initial
1 33.33
16.67 Final
H Initial
1 33.33
16.67 Final
I Initial
Final J
Initial 1
33.33 16.67
Final
From the data above, there was one announcer who did not make any mispronunciation. The other four
announcers’ mispronunciation equals to 16.67. Four
announcers’ mispronunciation equals to 33.33 and the last one equals to 50. From the data, it can also be seen that the announcers only
mispronounced [ θ] which appears in the initial position into [t]. There were no
announcer who mispronounced [θ] when it is in the final position. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Table 4.5
Mispronunciation of [θ] into [t] Word Lists
Words IPA
Notes
30 thirty [
θɜ:ti]
Mispronounced by three announcers. thriller
[
θrɪlə] or [θrɪlər] Mispronounced by five announcers.
thousand [
θaʊzand]
Mispronounced by seven announcers.
This mispronunciation also happened in the word with which appears twice in the news. Based on Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English the
word could
be pronounced as [wɪð] or [wɪθ]. However, some announcers
pronounced into
[wɪt]. It can be seen in the table below. Table 4.6
Mispronunciation of [wɪð] or [wɪθ]
Announcer Frequency
Total Percentage
A 2
100 B
2 100
C D
2 100
E 1
50 F
1 50
G 2
100 H
I J
From the data above, there were two announcers who mispronounced the sound into [t] once. There were also four announcers who mispronounced it for
the whole times. On the contrary, there were four announcers who did not mispronounce the sound.
c. Alveolar Oral Stop
The voiced alveolar stop [d] appears in the initial position 13 times and final position 23 times. While reading the news, only Announcer I who
mispronounced [d]. Announcer I mispronounced [d] into [n] and [s]. Both of the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
