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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
There are 9 words that used to this research to study phoneme θ.
Each word consists of phoneme θ 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 θ that
pronounced by the participants, there were 67 sound shifts. These sound shifts were divided into 3 positions; initial, medial, and final positions.
In initial position, there were 3 words that used by the researcher. The words are
‘thank’, ‘thin’, and ‘thumb’. The result of these analyses showed 14 sound shifts. The sound shift that often appears was the
change of phoneme θ into phoneme t. The researcher found the data as bellow:
In the word of ‘thank’ θæŋk, they changed phoneme θ into phoneme t.
θæŋk →
tæŋk In the word of ‘thin’ θIn, they changed phoneme θ into
phoneme t. θIn
→ tIn
In the word of ‘thumb’ θʌm, they changed phoneme θ into phoneme t.
θʌm →
t ʌm
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In medial position, there were three words that used by the researcher. The words are
‘author’, ‘athlete’, and ‘antheme’. The result of these analyses showed 18 sound shifts. The sound shift that appears
was the change of phoneme θ into t and d. The researcher found the data as bellow:
In the word of ‘author’ ’ɔːθər, they changed phoneme θ into phoneme t.
’ɔːθər →
’ɔːtər In the word of ‘athlete’ ’æθli:t, they changed phoneme θ into
phoneme t. ’æθli:t
→ ’ætli:t
In the word of ‘antheme’ ænθəm, they changed phoneme θ into phoneme t.
ænθəm →
ænt əm
In the word of ‘antheme’ ænθəm, they changed phoneme θ into phoneme d.
ænθəm →
ænd əm
In final position, there were three words that used by the researcher. The words are
‘path’, ‘growth’, and ‘cloth’. The result of these analyses showed 35 sound shifts. The sound shift that often
appears was the change of phoneme θ into phoneme t. The researcher found the data as bellow:
In the word of ‘path’ p ːθ, they changed phoneme θ into phoneme t.
p ːθ
→ p
ːt In the word of ‘growth’ grəʊθ, they changed phoneme θ into
phoneme t. gr
əʊθ →
gr əʊt
In the word of ‘cloth’ kl θ, they changed phoneme θ into phoneme t.
kl θ
→ kl t
2.13. Phoneme s
