Front Vowel Vowel Sounds

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 Table 4.14 Mispronunciation of [e] Announcer Sound Position Frequency Percentage Total Percentage A Initial - 8.33 Middle 2 25 Final - B Initial - 4.17 Middle 1 12.5 Final - C Initial 1 33.33 11.11 Middle - Final - D Initial - Middle - Final - E Initial - Middle - Final - F Initial - Middle - Final - G Initial 1 33.33 11.11 Middle - Final - H Initial - Middle - Final - I Initial - 4.17 Middle 1 12.5 Final - J Initial - 8.33 Middle - Final 1 25 There are four announcers who did not mispronounced the vowel [e]. Announcer C and G made one mispronunciation when [e] appears in the first position of the syllable. Announcer A mispronounced [e] twice in the middle position while Announcer B and I mispronounced it once. Last, Announcer J was the only announcer who made mispronunciation in the final position. The list of the mispronunciation words are shown in the table below. Table 4.15 Mispronunciation of [e] Word Lists Words IPA Notes Ever [e və] 2 announcers pronounced it into [ ɪ]. blessed [bles ɪd] 1 announcer pronounced it into [eɪ]. Said [sed] 3 announcers pronounced it into [e ɪ]. The last one is low front vowel [æ]. [æ] appears in initial position once and in the middle position twice. There were two announcers who mispronounced the sound [æ]. Announcer F mispronounced one [æ] in the initial position into [e]. It appears in the word action [æ kʃən]. Another one is announcer G who mispronounced all [æ] sounds in the word franchise [fræ nʧaɪz] into [ʌ].

b. Central Vowel

The first central vowel mispron unciation is the [ɜ:] sound. The sound appears twice in each middle and final position. Only one mispronunciation appears in this sound. Announcer H mispronounced sound [ɜ:] in the word were [w ɜː] into [er]. The second central vowel mispronunciation is the mid-low central vowel [ʌ]. [ʌ] appears seven times in the middle position only. One announcer mispronounced [ ʌ] into [eɪ]. Announcer B changed the sound [ʌ] in the word some [s ʌm]. c. Back Vowel The first back vowel mispronunciation is the mid-low back vowel [ɔ:].The sound appears four times in the middle position and once in the final position. The data are listed in the table below. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Table 4.16 Mispronunciation of [ɔ:] Announcer Sound Position Frequency Percentage Total Percentage A Middle 1 25 12.5 Final - B Middle 1 25 12.5 Final - C Middle 1 25 12.5 Final - D Middle - Final - E Middle - Final - F Middle 1 25 12.5 Final - G Middle - Final - H Middle - Final - I Middle - Final - J Middle 2 50 25 Final - From the table, it can be seen that a half of the announcers made mispronunciation for the sound [ɔ:]. The mispronunciation itself only appears when [ɔ:] is in the middle position. Each of Announcer A, B, C, and F mispronounced the sound once. However, Announcer J mispronounced the sound twice. The list of the words which are mispronounced by the announcer is shown in the table below. Table 4.17 Mispronunciation of [ɔ:] Word Lists Words IPA Notes Wars [w ɔːs] 1 announcer pronounced it into [ ɑr]. instalment [ ɪnstɔːlmənt] - 1 announcer pronounced it into [ɒ]. - 2 announcers pronounced it into [ʌ]. - 1 announcer pronounced it into [a]. The second back vowel mispronunciation is the low back vowel [ɒ]. It appears four times in the initial position, three times in the middle position, and four times in the final position. The mispronunciation itself only made by two announcers. Announcer B mispronounced [ɒ] once in the initial position and twice in the middle position. The words are strongest [str ŋɡəz], on [ n], and podcast [p dkɑːst]. Announcer B changed the first [ɒ] into [e], the second and the third into [ɔ:]. Announcer H mispronounced [ɒ] twice when it appears in the final position. It appears in the word dolars [d ləz] which was mispronounced into [o] twice. Last, there was [ɑ:] sound which was mispronounced by some announcers. The sound appears once in the initial position, five times in the middle position, and twice in the final position. The list of the data is shown in Table 4.18 and Table 4.19 below. Table 4.18 Mispronunciation of [ɑ:] Announcer Sound Position Frequency Percentage Total Percentage A Initial - 36.67 Middle 3 60 Final 1 50 B Initial - Middle - Final - C Initial - 16.67 Middle - Final 1 50 D Initial - 13.33 Middle 2 40 Final - E Initial - Middle - Final -