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MISPRONUNCIATION OF SOME ENGLISH CONSONANTS

BY JAVANESE STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE OF

SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY

AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra

in English Letters

By

SUSI LUVIYA

Student Number: 104214103

ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAME

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS

FACULTY OF LETTERS

SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY

2016

PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI

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A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis

MISPRONUNCIATION OF SOME ENGLISH CONSONANTS BY

JAVANESE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN SANATA

DHARMA UNIVERSITY

By

SUSI LUVIYA

Student number: 104214103

Approved by

July 12, 2016

July 12, 2016


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A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis



DHARMA UNIVERSITY

By

SUSI LUVIYA

Student number: 104214103

Defended before the Board of Examiners

On July, 2016

and Declared Acceptable


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FOR MY BELOVED PARENTS,

YOU ARE ALWAYS ON MY MIND

AND

FOREVER IN MY HEART


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STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY

I declare that the thesis I have written does not contain any works or parts

of the works of the other people, except those cited in the quotations as any

academic paper should.


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LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH

UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS

Yang bertanda tangan dibawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma:

Nama : Susi Luviya

Nomor Mahasiswa : 104214103

Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan

Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah yang berjudul



DHARMA UNIVERSITY

Beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan

kepada Perpustakaan Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam

bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan

secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di Internet atau media lain untuk

kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin dari saya maupun memberikan

royalty kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis.

Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya.

Dibuat di Yogyakarta

Pada tanggal : 25 Juli 2016


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Praise and great gratitude to God for blessings and help to complete this

thesis entitled ‘Mispronunciation of Some English Consonants by Javanese

Students in English Literature of Sanata Dharma University.

I want to express my sincere thanks to to Dr. B. Ria Lestari, MS as my

advisor in completing this thesis through the guidance and direction as well as the

encouragement that are very useful for the preparation and writing of this thesis. I

also want to say thanks to my co-advisor Adventina Putranti, S.S., M.Hum. who

have given me help and guidance so that this thesis can be finished.

Next is to Javanese students of English Letters Department in Sanata

Dharma University thanks for being my respondents.

My truly thanks to my beloved parents. It is truly undoubted that love,

care, spirit, motivation, patience, and willingness to wait for my graduation and

prayers during days and nights are everything for me.

My sincere thanks and love are also dedicated to my beloved sister, Yuni

Mirani, thanks for supporting me.

I also address my appreciation to my beloved friends Meity Adelina

Kubuan, Febriana, Diana Fransiska, and Nensia Madeira thanks for being such a

great companion during our togetherness at campus.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE ………………………………………………………….. i

APPROVAL PAGE ………………………………………………………….. ii

ACCEPTANCE PAGE ………………………………………………….. iii

MOTTO PAGE ………………………………………………………….. iv

DEDICATION PAGE ………………………………………………….. v

STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ………………………………….. vi

PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN ………………………………….. vii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………….……………………........ viii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………………........ ix

ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………….... xii

ABSTRAK ………………………………………………………... xiii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ……………………………………....... 1

A. Background of the Study ………………………………………… 1

B. Problem formulation ………………………………………………… 3

C. Objectives of the Study ………………………………………… 4

D. Definition of Term ………………………………………… 4

CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL REVIEW ………………………… 6

A. Review of Related Studies ………………………………………… 6

B. Review of Related Theories ………………………………………… 8

1. English Phonetics ………………………………………… 8

2. Javanese Phonetics ………………………………………… 14

3. Consonant Features ………………………………………… 20

C. Theoretical Framework ………………………………………… 25

CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ………………………………… 26

A. Object of the Study ………………………………………………… 26

B. Approach of the Study ………………………………………… 26

C. Method of the Study ………………………………………………… 26


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1. Data Collections ………………………………………………… 26

2. Data Analysis ………………………………………………… 27

CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS RESULT AND DISCUSSION ………… 32

A. The Comparison between English and Javanese Consonants … 32

1. Manner of Articulation ………………………………………… 33

2. Place of Articulation ………………………………………… 34

B. Phonology Analysis of English Consonants Mispronunciation … 35

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ………………………………………… 50

BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………… 54

APPENDICES ………………………………………………………… 56

Appendix 1 ………………………………………………………… 56

Appendix 2 ………………………………………………………… 57


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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 English consonant place and manner of articulation …………… 9

Table 2 Javanese consonant manner and place of articulation ………... 15

Table 3 Javanese Consonant Features ……………………………..… 21

Table 4 English Consonant Features ……………………………….. 22

Table 5 The Data Indicator Words ……………………………….. 28

Table 6 The Grade of Pronunciation Accuracy ………………………. 30

Table 7 Percentage of Mispronunciation of Consonant [v] ……………. 36

Table 8 Feature Similarity of [v] and [f] ……………………………… 37

Table 9 English and Indonesian Consonant [v] ……………………… 38

Table 10 Mispronounciation of Consonant [θ] ……………………… 39

Table 11 Features differences between [θ] and [ʈ] ……………… 40

Table 12 Mispronunciation of [ð] ……………………………………… 41

Table 13 Features contrast between [ð] and [d] ……………………… 41

Table 14 Mispronounciation of [ʃ] ……………………………………… 43

Table 15 Features consonant [ʃ] and [s] ……………………………… 43

Table 16 Mispronounced Conosnant [ʒ] ……………………………… 44

Table 17 Mispronunciation of [tʃ] ……………………………………… 46

Table 18 Features contrast of [tʃ] and [c] ……………………………… 47

Table 19 Mispronounciation of [dʒ], [j], and [d] ……………………… 48

Table 20 Features Contrast of Consonant [dʒ], [j], and [ɖ] ……… 49


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ABSTRACT

LUVIYA, SUSI. Mispronunciation of Some English Consonants by Javanese

Students in English Literature of Sanata Dharma University. Yogyakarta:

Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University,

2016.

This undergraduate thesis discusses mispronunciation of English

consonants by students in English Literature of Sanata Dharma University. The

subject are Javanese students. They actively speak Javanese. The respondents read

the words on the list. The words contain some English consonants which are

absent in Javanese feature inventories. The consideration is, in general, Javanese

students find difficulty in pronouncing those consonants. Then, they usually

change those English consonants with Javanese consonants which sound similar.

There are two problems to be discussed in this undergraduate thesis. The

first is comparing consonants in two different languages, Javanese and English.

The aim is to know English consonants which are predicted to be mispronounced.

The second problem is dedicated to observe consonant features change through

the differences.

There are two steps applied in this research. The first step is comparison

step that is comparing English and Javanese consonants. The aim is to describe

similarities and differences between both languages. The second step is used to

answer second problem formulation which is analyzing consonant features change

through the differences.

This research has found seven (7) consonants which are predicted to be

mispronounced by the respondents. The consonants are [v, θ, ð, ʃ, ʒ, ʧ, ʤ].

Besides, there are seventeen (17) similar consonants from both. They are [b, d, ɡ,

m, n, ŋ, z, w, l, r, p, t, k, ʡ, f, s, h]. Nevertheless, the fact in the field shows that

mispronunciation often happened to labiodental voiced fricative [v] changes into

labiodental voiceless fricative [f], interdental voiced fricative [ð] into palatal

voiced stop [ɖ], palatal voiced fricative [ʒ] pronounce as spelling pronunciation,

and palatal voiced affricate [ʤ] into mediopalatal voiced stop [j] which has

indicated by the accuracy score under 60%. Mispronunciation happened because

of the absent of English in Javanese inventories. Then, the other consonants,

interdental voiceless fricative [θ], palatal voiceless fricative[ʃ], and palatal

voiceless affricate [ʧ] are not difficult enough to be articulated by the respondents

as shown by the accuracy score above 60%.


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ABSTRAK

LUVIYA, SUSI. Mispronunciation of Some English Consonants by Javanese Students in English Literature of Sanata Dharma University. Yogyakarta: Jurusan Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Sanata Dharma, 2016.

Skripsi ini membahas kesalahan pengucapan huruf konsonan bahasa inggris oleh mahasiswa jurusan sastra inggris di Universitas Sanata Dharma. Mahasiswa yang dijadikan subyek pengamatan adalah mahasiswa asli orang jawa dan aktif menggunakan bahasa jawa. Mahasiswa melafalkan kata-kata tertera di kertas. Kata-kata dipilih berdasarkan hasil perbedaan dari konsonan bahasa jawa dan bahasa inggris. Pertimbangannya adalah karena pada umumnya mahasiswa jawa mengalami kesulitan melafalkan beberapa konsonan tertentu sehingga mereka mengganti dengan konsonan bahasa jawa yang mempunyai bunyi hampir sama.

Di dalam skripsi ini ada dua permasalahan yang dibahas. Permasalahan pertama adalah mencari tahu konsonan apa saja yang gagal diucapkan oleh responden. Berdasarkan perbedaan tersebut, permasalahan kedua adalah meneliti perubahan fitur konsonan yang dilakukan oleh responden.

Ada dua langkah yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini. Langkah pertama yang diterapkan yaitu metode perbandingan, yakni membandingkan konsonan bahasa jawa dan bahasa inggris. Hal ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan persamaan dan perbedaan dari kedua bahasa. Langkah kedua yang digunakan untuk menjawab permasalahan kedua yaitu dengan menganalisa perubahan fitur konsonan melalui perbedaan.

Penelitian telah menemukan bahwa terdapat tujuh (7) konsonan yang diprediksi salah ucap sebagai hasil perbandingan dari dua bahasa yaitu bahasa Inggris dan bahasa Jawa. Konsonan tersebut adalah [v, θ, ð, ʃ, ʒ, ʧ, ʤ]. Disamping itu, ada tujuh belas (17) konsonan yang sama dari kedua bahasa, [b, d, ɡ, m, n, ŋ, z, w, l, r, p, t, k, , f, s, h]. Meskipun demikian, fakta di lapangan menunjukkan bahwa kesalahan pengucapan sering terjadi pada konsonan labiodental voiced fricative [v] menjadi labiodental voiceless fricative [f], interdental voiced fricative [ð] menjadi palatal voiced stop [ɖ], palatal voiced fricative [ʒ] dilafalkan seperti penulisannya, dan palatal voiced affricate [ʤ] menjadi mediopalatal voiced stop [j] yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai akurasi dibawah 60%. Kesalahan pengucapan terjadi karena tidak adanya konsonan bahasa Inggris tersebut dalam system fonetik bahasa Jawa. Konsonan lainn, yaitu interdental voiceless fricative [θ], palatal voiceless fricative[ʃ], dan palatal voiceless affricate [ʧ] tidak terlalu sulit diucapkan oleh penutur bahasa Jawa asli sebagaimana ditunjukkan dengan nilai akurasi diatas 60%.


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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of Study

Language is a tool for communication. There are so many languages

which are spoken all over the world including English. English is considered as a

foreign language in several countries. Nowadays, English has become popular in

the world. Everybody can speak English well. With the ability to speak English,

people can communicate with other people from a different part of the world.

In Indonesia itself, each region has its own local languages. Javanese is the

biggest local spoken language. It is about 72,5 million people who speak Javanese

language. Elinor C. Horne states that Javanese belongs to Malayo-Polynesian

group which has members such as, Malay, Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese

(Horne, 1961: xxi). Although it is not an official language of Indonesia, Javanese

is recognized as a regional language in the three provinces of Java with the largest

concentrations of speakers of Javanese, namely, Central Java, East Java, and

Yogyakarta.

When Javanese people speak Javanese, they do not find difficulties. They

speak fluently because it is their own language. But, when they speak other

languages, it means that they are learning to produce a new sound. Horne says

that:

Some Javanese sounds are very much like English sounds, and some are

only a little different; a few are entirely dissimilar. Every speech sound is a


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complex action involving simultaneous movements of the vocal equipment

(lips, teeth, tongue, top of the mouth, nasal passages, back of the throat,

larynx or vocal cords, and lungs), so that two sounds may be alike in some

respects but unlike in others (Horne, 1961: xxi).

The differences of English and Javanese are the member of alphabets

which have different members from each other. Javanese also lacks of accent

which means that Javanese does not have any stresses in the certain syllables. All

the words pronounce the same.

While speaking English, Javanese find difficulties, especially in certain

consonants. It can be noticed when they say ‘together’, it should be pronounced

/təˈgɛðə/ while Javanese pronounce /tu’geder/. Another word is ‘verb’ which has

phonetic transcription /vəːb/. Javanese cannot pronounce it well. Even, the

pronunciation of the word ‘verb’ changes into /fɛːb/. The initial consonant changes

from labiodental voiced fricative [v] changes into labiodental voiceless fricative

[f].

The phonetic transcriptions that Javanese produce are not the same as the

phonetic transcriptions of Standard English which are written in the dictionary.

Summarizing from Jones in 1962, the task of learning to remember what is the

appropriate sequence of sounds to use in any given word or sentence is greatly

facilitated by the use of phonetic transcription. Phonetic transcription may be

defined as an ambiguous system by means of writing, the basic principle being to

assign one and only one letter to each phoneme of the language (Jones, 1962: 6).

The production of sounds should be written. Based on the facts which

have been mentioned, the writer wants to observe what Javanese miss while


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pronouncing English words in certain consonants. The reason why this case is

chosen as the study is that sometimes, Javanese students miss some consonants

when they speak English words.

According to Indriani, English alphabet is divided into two; twenty four

consonants and twelve vowels (2001: 8-13). Besides, based on Tata Bahasa Jawa

Mutakhir book, there are twenty three consonants and nine vowels in Javanese

(Wedhawati, 2001: 41). It is really interesting to analyze English consonants

mispronounce by Javanese. They usually change the similar consonants e.g.

‘share’ which should be pronounced /ʃɛr/ becomes /sɛr/. They changed the /ʃ/ into

/s/.

The way Javanese students pronounce the English words and the sounds’

production of the words will be discussed in this research. There is also

identification of problem that may occur. Comparing English Javanese consonants

is needed in order to show what consonants disappear in both languages. The use

of phonetic alphabet is based on International Phonetic Association (IPA) as the

standard worldwide.

B. Problem Formulation

Based on the difficulties occuring among Javanese students, the problems

can be formulated as:

1. What are the consonant features which are mispronounced by Javanese

students?

2. What cause feature changes through the differences?


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C. Objectives of the Study

From the problem formulations, there are two objectives of the study. The

first objective is to find English consonants which are potentionally to be

mispronounced. The second objective is to observe the feature changes through

the differences.

D. Definition of Term

The definition of terms is given in order to lead the writer to analyze these

objects of the study.

In 1957, Wise explains that Phonetics may be defined as a study of

muscular action of frequently very generalized nature, but typically centered in

what are called the organs of speech, the action of the vocal organs in speech, and

of nerve current to the brain, interpreted there as acoustic phenomena, speech

sounds as heard.

As Wise said in his book, a consonant is a speech sound which is used

marginally with a vowel or diphthong to constitute a syllable (Wise, 1957: 74).

According to Krashen, mispronunciation is the performance errors or

mistakes of pronunciation caused by fatigue and inattention, and also lack of

knowledge of the rules of the language (Krashen, 1982: 139).

In this research, the speakers are Javanese students. What the writer means

by Javanese students are the students of English Literature Department of Sanata

Dharma University who are Javanese from Central Java and Yogyakarta. They


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originally speak Javanese as the mother tongue. They speak English as a foreign

language.


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CHAPTER II

THEORETICAL REVIEW

This chapter is divided into four parts: review of related studies, review of

related theories, review of related backgrounds, and theoretical framework. The

first part, review of related studies, is to review other researches which have done

by other researchers. The second part is to review the theories which are related to

this study. The third part is to review the background of the study including social

background or biographical background. The fourth part is to explain the theories

and the related studies in solving the problem formulations.

A. Review of Related Studies

Many studies have discussed about Javanese people mispronouncing

English words. For example, in the article ‘An Analysis of Javanese

Pronunciation Interference in Speech of the Fifth Semester English Students of

Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo in the Academic Year 2012/2013’ done

by Phopy Chandradewi from English Education Study Program, Teacher Training

and Education Sciences Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo.

The study of Javanese pronunciation has been done by Phopy

Chandradewi recently. The study shows the Javanese pronunciation interference

in speech. She analyzed the data based on open questionnaire and interview. The

data were collected from the students of fifth semester of Muhammadiyah

University of Purworejo (Chandradewi, 2013: 1-2).


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Chandradewi has found vowel interference when Javanese people

pronounce /Λ/, /u:/, /I/, /ɑ:/ and /æ/ in the words; /blood/, /new/, /meal/, /prophet/,

/work/, and /bad/. Consonant interference when Javanese pronounce plosive

sounds; /p/, /t/, and /k/ as initial position of the words; /page /, /time/, and /knife/.

There is also diphthong which is the biggest problem of Javanese people

pronouncing English words (Chandradewi, 2013: 4).

Another research, which is similar, has been done by Aloysius Prianto

Raharjo in his thesis in 2010, The English Consonant Mispronunciation Produced

by Sundanese Native Speakers. He analyzed Sundanese mispronunciations in

producing English consonant. The aim is to know the differences between English

and Sundanese and also the English consonant mispronunciation produced by

Sundanese native speakers as the result of consonant differences (Prianto, 2010:

x).

He has predicted that nine consonants would be mispronounced by the

speakers such as [f, v, θ, ð, ʒ, ʃ, dʒ, tʃ, z]. After analyzing, he has found that [f, θ,

ð, ʒ, z] are the consonant mispronunciation which often occurred. Besides,

consonant [v, ʃ, dʒ, tʃ] were not difficult to be pronounced by Sundanese. The

mispronunciation was caused by their absence in the Sundanese phonological

system (Prianto, 2010: x).

Phopy Chandradewi has analyzed Javanese pronunciation interference in

speech including vowels, diphthongs, and consonants. However, in the term of

consonants, she just found consonants interfere when Javanese pronounce plosive

sounds especially /p, t, k/ in initial position (Chandradewi, 2003:4). In this paper,


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the writer wants to develope Phopy’s finding. It focuses only on analysing all

consonants that are potential to be mispronounced by Javanese.

Furthermore, the writer also uses the theory applied in Aloysius Prianto

Raharjo’s paper, which has similar objective, but the target is different. Aloysius

Prianto Raharjo analyzed Sundanese while the writer will analyze Javanese.

B. Review of Related Theories

In this part, the writer discusses the theories from some linguists to

analyze the problem formulations. The paper focuses on the consonant

mispronunciations produced by Javanese people. It is important to understand

both Javanese and English in order to find out the finding. Here are the theories

that will be applied

1. English Phonetics

Phonetics is the branch of linguistic that study speech sounds. Speech is a

complicated process. Schreuder, in English Phonetic and Pronunciation book,

states that the object of phonetics is to describe the way in which speech sounds

are produced by the organs of speech. It means that we should know how the

speech sounds are produced (Schreuder, 1948:9).

a. English Consonant

According to Dardjowidjojo, in the production of a consonant, the parts of

the mouth involved are the tongue, the lips, the teeth, the tooth ridge, the palate

and the velum, and the uvula. These are called the points of articulation


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(Dardjowidjojo, 2009: 23). There are two points of articulation; manner and place

of articulation. The table below shows category of each consonant:

1 Table of English consonant place and manner of articulation

Bil

abia

l

Lab

io-

den

tal

Inte

r-

den

tal

Alv

eola

r

Pal

atal

Vel

ar

Glo

ttal

Stop vl p t k Ɂ

vd b d ɡ

Nasal vd m n ŋ

Fricative vl f θ s ʃ h

vd v ð z ʒ

Affricate vl tʃ

vd dʒ

Glide vd j w

Liquid vd l, r

vl: voiceless vd: voiced source: (Sahulata, 1988:15)

i. Place of Articulation

In the production of speech sounds, the organs in the upper part of the

mouth may be described as place or points of articulation (Sahulata, 1988: 9).

Place of articulation is defined into seven types.

1. Bilabial

The consonants are pronounced by bringing the lips together. The

consonants are [p], [b], [m]. Here are the examples: ‘pat’ /pæt/, ‘bat’ /bæt/, ‘mat’

/bæt/ (Sahulata, 1988: 10).


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2. Labiodental

Labio- refers to lips while dental is referring to teeth. The sounds are

articulated in a way the upper teeth touching the bottom lip. The consonants

belong to labiodental are [f] and [v] (Fromkin, 2003:242). For example: ‘fat’ /fæt/,

‘vat’ /væt/.

3. Interdental

The sounds are formed with the tongue insert between the bottom lip and

the upper lip. The sounds are represented by the [θ] and [ð]. The examples: ‘think’

/θɪŋk/ dan ‘these’ /ðiːz/ (Fromkin, 2003:242).

4. Alveolar

The alveolar consonants are produced by the front part of tongue rising on

the alveolar ridge. The consonants are [t], [d], [n], [s], [z], [l], and [r] (Sahulata,

1988: 10). For examples: ‘top’ /tɑːp/, ‘dip’ /dɪp/, ‘nut’ /nʌt/, ‘sit’ /sɪt/, ‘zoo’ /zuː/,

‘lap’ /læp/, ‘right’ /raɪt/.

When we pronounce the consonant [l] and [r], we can feel our tongue

touching the bony tooth ridge. We can feel it through pronouncing consonant [l]

in a word ‘lap’ /læp/. The tip of the tongue rises to the alveolar ridge leaving the

rest of the tongue down. According to An Introduction to Language book, [r] is

pronounced in a variety ways. But, many English speakers pronounced it by

curling the tip of the tongue back behind the alveolar ridge (Fromkin, 2003: 197).

5. Palatal

In producing consonants [j], [ʒ], [ʃ], [dʒ], and [tʃ], the front part of tongue

rise to the palate just behind the alveolar ridge. These are called palatal. For


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examples: ‘you’ /juː/, ‘azure’ /æz.jʊər/, ‘sure’ /ʃʊr/, ‘judge’ /dʒʌdʒ/, ‘church’

/tʃɝːtʃ/ (Sahulata, 1988: 11).

6. Velar

Sounds produced with the back of the tongue touches the palate is called

velar. The sounds are represented by the symbols: [k], [ɡ], [ŋ] and [w]. Here are

the examples: ‘kite’ /kaɪt/, ‘guy’ /ɡaɪ/, ‘sing’ /sɪŋ/, and ‘wipe’ /waɪp/. The [w] in

the word ‘wipe’ is velar; when it is formed with the back of the tongue is raised

toward the velum (Sahulata, 1988: 11).

7. Glottal

The glottal sound is articulated in the glottis. The sounds are represented

by [?] and [h]. The glottis is the space between the vocal cords in the larynx.

When the glottis is open and the air flows, it produced [h]. For example: ‘house’

/haʊs/. But, when the glottis is closed completely, and then released, the resulting

sound is called glottal stop. The symbol of phonetic transcription is [?]. For

example, we try to pronounce the words ‘butter’ /ˈbʌtɁ.ɚ/ and ‘bottle’ /ˈbɑː.t Ɂl ̩/

without pronouncing the –tt (Sahulata, 1988: 11-12).

ii. Manner of Articulation

Based on An Introduction to Sounds and Sounds Systems of English book;

manner of articulations describe consonant sounds of how they are articulated.

That is how the airstream is modified by the vocal tract to produce the sound

(Sahulata, 1988: 12). The types of manner of articulation are as follows:


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1. Voiced and Voiceless sound

If the vocal cords are together, the air flows through its way and cause a

vibration called voiced. A simply way to identify whether the consonant is voiced

or not can be noticed by the existence of the vibration in the vocal cords. The

voiced consonants are [b, d, ɡ, m, n, ŋ, v, z, ʒ, w, dʒ, ð] (Fromkin, 2003:244).

Voiceless sound can be articulated if the vocal cords are separated, the air

flows freely through the glottis and supraglottal cavities. There is no vibration

while pronouncing voiceless consonant. The consonants are [p, t, k, f, , s, ʃ, h, tʃ]

(Fromkin, 2003:244).

2. Stop

The English consonants stop forms when the breath is either stopped

completely at some point and bursts through the stoppage with a slight explosion

(Ripman, 1957: 21). Thus, it is formed with stopping the airflow and then letting

it go abruptly. The sounds are also called plosive because a complete closure in

the vocal tract is made behind which the air pressure builds up and can be released

explosively. The sounds are [p, b, t, d, k, ɡ, Ɂ]. For example: ‘play’ /pleɪ/, ‘bed’

/bed/, ‘ten’ /ten/, ‘die’ /daɪ/, ‘keen’ /kiːn/, ‘go’ /goʊ/, ‘bottle’ /bɑː.tɁl /.

3. Nasals

Most sounds are articulated orally with the velum raised, preventing

airflow from entering the nasal cavity. However, when the velum is lowered and

the airflow is allowed to flow out through the nose to produce [m, n, ŋ] sounds

(Sahulata, 1988: 13). Thus, the sounds are voiced sounds. For example: ‘my’

/maɪ/, ‘nine’ /naɪn/, ‘sink’ /sɪŋk/.


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4. Fricatives

The manner of articulation used in producing the set of sounds [f, v, , ð,

s, z, ʒ, ʃ, h], involves almost blocking the airstream, and having the air push

through the narrow opening. As the air is pushed through, a type of friction is

produced and the resulting sounds are called fricatives (Sahulata, 1988: 13). Here

are the examples: ‘fish’ /fɪʃ/, ‘veal’ /viːl/, ‘thin’ /θɪn/, ‘this’ /ðɪs/, ‘send’ /send/,

‘zinc’ /zɪŋk/, ‘vision’ /vɪʒ. ə n/, ‘share’ /ʃer/, ‘high’ /haɪ/. The [h] is classified as a

fricative because of the hissing sound produced by air or noise at the glottis.

5. Affricates

There are two consonants belong to this manner; [tʃ] and [dʒ]. They are

articulated by stopping the airstream completely and causing the effect of fricative

when it is pronounced (Sahulata, 1988: 13). The consonants of affricates can be

seen in the words: ‘chair’ /tʃer/, ‘join’ /dʒɔɪn/.

6. Glide

The glide sounds are produced with the tongue moving or gliding to or

from a position associated with a neighboring vowel sound. Glides are traditional

sounds which sometimes are called semivowels. The sounds are [w] and [j]. They

are usually followed by a vowel (Sahulata, 1988: 14).

The [w] is formed by both raising the back of the tongue towards the

velum simultaneously rounding the lips. For example: ‘we’ /wiː/. While the [j] is

formed by the blade of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate in a position

almost identical to that in producing the vowel sound [i] in the word ‘beat’ /biːt/

(Fromkin, 2003: 250).


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7. Liquid

When we pronounced liquid sounds, there is some obstruction of the

airstream in the mouth. But, it is not enough to cause any real friction. Words like

‘please’ /pliːz/ and ‘price’ /praɪs/ consist liquid sounds which are [l] and [r]

(Fromkin, 2003: 250).

2. Javanese Phonetics

According to Tata Bahasa Jawa Mutakhir book, there are twenty three

consonants. They are [p, b, m, f, w, t, d, n, l, r, ṭ, ḍ, s, z, c, j, h, y, ň, g, k, ŋ, Ɂ]

(Wedhawati, 2001:65).

a. Javanese Consonant

Similar to English consonant, the Javanese consonants can be classified

into two classes, place of articulation and manner of articulation. Each class has

similar definition with English place and manner of articulation. Thus, it is

skipped to provide the same definition of each type of place and manner of

articulation. This only gives a definition of the different type and brings an

example from each type of place and manner of articulations. The table below

shows category of each consonant:


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2 Table of Javanese consonant manner and place of articulation

Bil

abia

l

Lab

io-

den

tal

Apik

o-

den

tal

Alv

eola

r

Lam

ino

-

alveo

lar

Pal

atal

Med

io-

pal

atal

Vel

ar

Glo

ttal

Stop vl p t ʈ ʧ k Ɂ

vd b d ɖ ʤ ɡ

Nasal vd m n ɲ ŋ

Fricative vl f s h

vd z

Affricate vd r

Glide vd w j

Liquid vd l

vl: voiceless vd: voiced source: (Wedhawati, 2001:42)

i. Place of Articulation

Based on Tata Bahasa Jawa Mutakhir, place of articulation in Javanese is

divided into nine. They are bilabial, labiodental, apiko-dental, alveolar, palatal,

lamino-alviolar, medio-palatal, dorso-velar, glottal/laryngeal (Wedhawati, 2001:43-

64). The explanation of each category is explained below

1. Billabial

The sound of Javanese bilabials are [p, b, m]. The examples of phoneme

[p] are sapi [sapi] ‘cow’ and pitik [pitIʡ] ‘chicken’, …ora ganep. [… ora ghanəp]

‘…incomplete’, …isih tetep [… isɪh tətəp] ‘… same’, madhep mantep [madhəpm

mantəp] ‘faithful and obedient’, kerep lunga [kərəpl luŋͻ] ‘often go’, ganep

[ghanəp] ‘complete’ (Wedhawati, 2001:44).

The distribution of [b] is on initial word or initial syllable. It is pronounced

by obstructing the airstream from lungs completely and then releasing it in order


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to come up the explosion. The examples are bali [bhali] ‘go home’, sabar [sabhar]

‘patient’, …bab pitu […bhap pitu] ‘…chapter VII’, …sepuluh bab […səpulUh

bhap-#] ‘…ten chapters’ (Wedhawati, 2001:45-46).

The examples of phoneme /m/ are mara [mͻrͻ] ‘come’ and mata [mͻtͻ]

‘eye’, …woh pelem […wͻh pələm-#] ‘mango’ (Wedhawati, 2001:47).

2. Labiodental

The labiodental sounds are [f] and [w]. The examples of [f] are foto [foto]

‘photo’ and pasif [pasif] ‘passive’, universitas [univərsitas] ‘university’


Phoneme /w/ is only distributed on initial word or syllable. The /w/ cannot

be placed as a final word. The examples are wani [wani] ‘brave’ and tawa [tɔwɔ]

‘bargain’ (Wedhawati, 2001:49).

3. Apiko-dental

The members of apiko-dental are [t, d. The examples of [t] are tali [tali]

‘rope’ and buta [bhutɔ] ‘giant’, ...ora luput [ora lupʊt-#] ‘...not wrong’, papat nem

[papatn nəm] ‘four six’, kawat listrik [kawatl lIstrIk] ‘electrical wire’, lepat sanget

[ləpats saŋət] ‘really wrong’ (Wedhawati, 2001:49).

According to Tata Bahasa Jawa Mutakhir book, The examples of

phoneme [d] are dina [dhinɔ] ‘day’ and padu [padhu] ‘quarrel’, driji [drijhi] ‘,

...murid pinter [murIt pintər] ‘clever student’, ...dadi murid [dhadhi murIt-#]

‘become a student’ (Wedhawati, 2001:51-53).


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4. Alveolar

The alveolar consonants are [n, l, r]. The examples of phoneme /n/ are

naga [nɔghɔ] ‘dragon’ and nama [nɔmɔ] ‘name’, ...ana dalan [...ɔnɔ dhalan-#] ‘on

the way’, tandha [tͻɳɖhͻ] ‘mark’ (Wedhawati, 2001:53-54).

Phoneme /l/ only has one allophone, [l]. The examples are lali [lali]

‘forget’ and gula [ghulɔ] ‘sugar’ (Wedhawati, 2001:55).

Phoneme /r/ has allophone [r]. The examples are raga [rɔghɔ] ‘body’ and

kabar [kabhar] ‘news’ (Wedhawati, 2001:55).

5. Lamino-alveolar

Lamino-Alviolar consonants in Javanese are articulated in a way the

tongue touches the alveolar ridge. The consonants are [s] and [z]. Phoneme /s/ has

allophone [s]. The example is salah [salah] ‘wrong’ (Wedhawati, 2001:57).

Phoneme /z/ is adoption of foreign language, especially Arabic. The

example are zakat [zakat] ‘charity’ and ziarah [ziyarah] ‘pilgrimage’ (Wedhawati,

2001:57).

6. Palatal

The palatal consonants are /ʈ, ɖ/. The example are thukul [ʈukUl] ‘grow’

and thimik [ʈimi?] ‘slow’ (Wedhawati, 2001:55-56).

Phoneme /ɖ/ has two allophones. The example are dhadha [ɖhɔɖhɔ] ‘chest’

and dhudha [ɖhuɖhɔ] ‘widower’, ndherdheg [nɖrədhək] ‘tremble’ (Wedhawati,

2001:56).


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7. Medio-palatal

These sounds are formed with the middle part of tongue and palate. The

consonants are [ʧ, ʤ, j, ŋ]. Phoneme /ʧ/ cannot be distributed on the final word or

syllable. The example are coba [ʧobhɔ] ‘try’ and waca [wɔʧɔ] ‘read’ (Wedhawati,

2001:57).

The examples of phoneme [ʤ] are aja [ɔʤɔ] ‘do not’, ajrih [aʤrIh]

‘affraid’ (Wedhawati, 2001:58).

Phoneme /ɲ/ has distribution on initial or middle of word. It cannot be

placed in the final word. The examples are banyu [bha ɲu] ‘water’ and nyawa

[ɲɔwɔ] ‘soul’ (Wedhawati, 2001:59).

Phoneme [j] cannot be distributed on final word, the example are yuto

[yutͻ] ‘million’ and ayu [ayu] ‘beautiful’ (Wedhawati, 2001:59).

8. Velar

The consonants of velar are /ɡ/, /k/ and /ŋ/. The examples of phoneme [k]

are kuku [kuku] ‘nail’, …ing kretek […Iŋ krətək-#] ‘…on bridge’, ikhtiyar

[Ixtiyar] ‘effort’ (Wedhawati, 2001:60).

Phoneme /ɡ/ has examples gula [ghulͻ] ‘sugar’, gliyer [gliyər] ‘headache’,

…ndableg tenan […ndhablək tənan] ‘…really stubborn’, bocahe ndableg

[bhocahe ndhablək-#] ‘the child is really stubborn’ (Wedhawati, 2001:61-63).

The distribution of phoneme /ŋ/ is on initial, middle or final of word. The

example is ngarep [ŋarəp] ‘front’ (Wedhawati, 2001:63).


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9. Glottal

Javanese glottal/laryngeal sound is pronounced by producing the

consonant in larynx. The consonant is [h]. Phoneme /h/ has allophone [h]. The

distribution is on initial, middle or final of word. The example is adoh [adhͻh]

‘far’ (Wedhawati, 2001:63-64).

There is also glottal stop. The member is represented by [ʡ]. It is produced

with obstruction in the vocal cord. The vocal cord purses, so glottis will be closed.

It can be distributed only on final syllable or word and initial word. For examples;

galak [ghala?] ‘vicious’ and apik [?apI?] ‘good’ (Wedhawati, 2001:64).

ii. Manner of Articulation

Javanese manner of articulation is classified into seven types. Here are just

the examples of each type.

1. Voiced and Voiceless sound

Voiced sounds are [b, d, ɖ, ʤ, g, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, l, z, r, w, j]. Voiceless sounds

are [p, t, ṭ, c, k, Ɂ, f, s, h] (Wedhawati, 2001:42).

2. Stop and Nasal

Based on Tata Bahasa Jawa Mutakhir, stop consonants are represented by

[p, b, t, d, ʈ, ɖ, ʧ, y, k, g, ʡ]. They are called stop because when it is formed, the

airstream stops for a moment (Wedhawati, 2001:42).

Nasal sounds can be classified as continuant. The consonants are [m, n, ɲ,

ŋ] (Wedhawati, 2001:42).


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3. Fricative

There are four consonants of fricative. They are [f, s, z, h] (Wedhawati,

2001:42).

4. Affricate

The sound is only [r]. The example is ‘raga’ /rhᴐghᴐ/ ‘body’ (Wedhawati,

2001:42).

5. Glide

Javanese glide sounds are [w, j]. There is a little airstream in the mouth

when it is produced (Wedhawati, 2001:42).

6. Liquid

Liquid sound is [l], as can be seen through the word ‘lara’ /lᴐrᴐ/ ‘sick’


3. Theory of Consonant Features

All consonants are classified as distinctive features to distinguish the

sounds of a language from one another (Sahulata, 1988: 76). Table below shows

consonants feature of English:


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3 Table of Javanese Consonant Features

p b m f w t d n l r s z ʈ ɖ ʧ ʤ ɲ j k ɡ ŋ h Ɂ

[Son] - - + - + - - + + + - - - - - + + + - - + - -

[Cont] - - - + + - - - + + + + - - - + + + - - - + -

[Cons] + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + - + - + + + + +

[Syll] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[Nasal] - - + - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - + - -

[Ant] + + + + - + + + + - + + + + - - - - - - - - -

[Cor] - - - - - + + + + + + + + + - - + - - - - - -

[Strd] - - - + - - - - - - + + - - + - - - - - - - -

[Vd] - + + - + - + + + + - + - - - + + + - + + - -

[Lat] - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[Obst] + + - + - + + - - - + + + + + - - - + + - + +

[Del

rel]

- - + + + - - + + + + + + + + + - + - - + + -

Source: (Fromkin, 2003: 300)

The table below shows consonants feature of Javanese:


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4 Table of English Consonant Features

p b m w f v θ ð t d n s z l r ʃ ʒ tʃ dʒ j k g ŋ h

[Son] - - + + - - - - - - + - - + + - - - - + - - + -

[Cont] - - - + + + + + - - - + + + + + + - - + - - - +

[Cons] + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + +

[Syll] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[Nasal] - - + - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - + -

[Ant] + + + - + + + + + + + + + + - - - - - - - - - -

[Cor] - - - - - - + + + + + + + + + + + + + - - - - -

[Strd] - - - - + + - - - - - + + - - + + + + - - - - -

[Vd] - + + + - + - + - + + - + + + - + - + + - + + -

[Lat] - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - -

[Obst] + + - - + + + + + + - + + - - + + + + - + + - +

[Del

rel]

- - + + + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + - - + +

Source: ((Wedhawati, 2001:65)

a. Sonorant

A sonorant is a sound whose phonetic content is predominantly made up

by the sound waves associated with voicing (Giegerich, 1992: 93). The member of

[+son] are approximants and nasals; [m n ŋ ɲ l r w j]. The [-son] cover up

fricatives and oral stops. They are [p t k b d ɡ f v s z θ ð ʃ ʒ tʃ dʒ].

b. Continuant:

A continuant is a sound during whose production the air stream is not

blocked in the oral cavity (Giegerich, 1992: 93). The approximants and fricatives

are [+cont]. They are [l r w j ɲ f v s z ʃ ʒ θ ð]. The opposite is [-cont] which covers

nasal and oral stops (that is, ‘stop’ in general). They are [m n ŋ p t k b d ɡ tʃ dʒ].


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c. Consonantal:

Consonantal sounds are produced with a radical obstruction in the vocal

tract (Giegerich, 1992: 94). This feature describes all sounds made with closure in

the vocal tract greater than that needed for glides. All consonants except certain

semivowel (liquid approximants) are [+cons], and all vowels are [-cons]

(Giegerich, 1992: 94).

d. Syllabic

Traditionally it has been difficult to provide such a definition, although the

speakers seem to be able to determine the syllabic vowel of a word. Liquids and

naslas can be also be syllabic – function as a syllable – as shown by the words

‘Rachel’ [reʃl], ‘faker’ [fekr], ‘rhythm’ [rɪðm], and ‘button’ [bʌtn] (Fromkin,

2003: 258).

e. Nasal

Nasal sounds are produced with a lowered velum, which allows the air

stream to escape through the nose. Non-nasal sounds are produced with a raised

velum, so that the air stream can only escape through the mouth (Giegerich, 1992:

124). They are [m n ŋ ɲ].

f. Anterior

Anterior sounds are produced with an obstruction that is located in front of

the palate-alveolar region of the mouth (Giegerich, 1992: 116). Non-anterior

sounds are produced without such an obstruction. [+ant] cover term for bilabial,

labiodental, dental and alveolar place of articulation. [-ant] is the post-alveolar


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category (with /r/ as the only member) together with palate-alveolar, palatal, velar

and glottal sounds.

g. Coronal

Coronal sounds are produced with the blade of the tongue raised above its

neutral position (Giegerich, 1992: 116). Non-coronal sounds are produced with

the blade of the tongue in the neutral position. Fromkin and Rodman say that the

consonants whose [+cor] cover alveolars, palatals, affricates and liquid. They are

[t d n l tʃ dʒ ʃ ʒ s z]. The [-cor] is bilabials, dentals, labiodentals, velar, glottal and

glides. They are [p b m f v ɲ j k ɡ ŋ w].

h. Strident

Strident sounds are marked acoustically by greater noisiness than their

non-strident counterparts are (Giegerich, 1992: 118).

i. Lateral

Lateral sounds are characterized by a lowering of one side of the tongue

(or both sides, but not the middle) so that the air moves through the side of the

oral cavity (Sahulata, 1988: 78). Consonant /l/ is normally lateral.

j. Voiced

Voiced sounds are produced with a vibration of the vocal cords in the

larynx, while voiceless are produced without such vibration (Fromkin, 2003: 244).

k. Obstruent

The nonnasal stop, affricates, and fricatives form a major class of sounds

called obstruents. The airstream may be fully obstructed, as in nonnasal stops and


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affricates, or partially obstructed, as in the production of fricatives. Otherwise, the

obstruent is the opposite of the sonorant (Fromkin, 2003: 257).

l. Delayed release

Sahulata said that delayed release specified the manner in which

consonants are released. Stops are released instantaneously; affricates, fricatives,

and other sounds are released gradually (Sahulata, 1988: 78).

C. Theoretical Framework

English and Javanese phonetics are fundamental to be used to answer the

problems. The first problem can be answered by contrasting both consonant. The

tables provided before show the absence of both consonants. The absences of

Javanese in English represent the consonants which are mispronounced by the

Javanese students of seventh semester of English Letters’ Sanata Dharma

University.

The second problem can be answered by using the English and Javanese

phonetics, consonant features and error analysis theory. Those theories are to

identify what sounds the speakers use to replace the similar consonants that they

mispronunce.


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CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

A. Object of Study

The objective of the study is mispronunciation of some English

consonants. This study is supported by the recorded data spoken by

Javanese which contains the predicted mispronunciation of English words

from phonetics differences. The predicted mispronunciation English

consonants are listed based on the English sounds which are absent in

Javanese. The result will be analyzed.

B. Approach of the Study

Since this paper analyzes the mispronunciation of English

consonants by Javanese students, it used the approaches of English

Phonetics and Phonology. These theories were used to answer the

problems formulated.

C. Method of the Study

There are two section of this subchapter.

1. Data Collection

This study applied a sample study. The writer chose some samples

of the whole data in order to reach the goal of the study which was to

describe what consonants that Javanese failed to be produced.


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The primary data were recorded speech sounds by the speakers.

The data listed were given to the speaker to be articulated. The writer

would just listen and record the speech. The next step was the writer chose

some samples and analyzed them. After that, the samples should be listed.

Up to this level, the writer had already completed the data and had been

ready to go on the analysis.

2. Data Analysis

There were several steps of analysis for finding the answer for

problems. The first step was to contrast English and Javanese consonants

to find out the consonants which caused mispronunciation. The second

step was to list English words that contained some English consonants in

which they did not appear in Javanese. The third step was to search twenty

Javanese students of English Letters Department who ever took

pronunciation class in Sanata Dharma University. The consideration is

students had understood how to pronounce English words well. The fourth

step was to record their speech and file them in order to listen to it many

times and to check their pronunciation. The fifth step was to analyze the

recorded sound data. The last step was to identify what make consonants

feature change through the differences.

There were some equipments used to support the data recording

and analysis. The main equipment was a Xtech xh-338 headset with a

microphone and a laptop Sony Vaio VPCEA43FX as the data storage, and

the recording software used the Windows Seven 32 bit sound recorder.


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There were total forty two (42) words listed. The words listed at

the table below:

5 Table of The Data Indicator Words Phoneme Initial Medial Final

[v] value /vælju:/ average /ævərɪdʒ/ remove /rɪmu:v/

vacation /vəkeɪʃn/ oval /əʊvl/ above /əbʌv/

[θ] thank /θæŋk/ birthday /bɜ:θdeɪ/ bath /bɑ:θ/

think /θɪŋk/ nothing /nʌθɪŋ/ breath /breθ/

[ð] these /ði:z/ brother /brʌðə(r)/ breathe /bri:ð/

them /ðem:/ father /fɑ:ðə(r)/ teethe /ti:ð/

[ʃ] shine /ʃaɪn/ fashion /fæʃn/ finish /fɪnɪʃ/

shore /ʃɔ:(r)/ precious /preʃəs/ flash /flæʃ/

[ʒ] genre /ʒɑ:nrə/ meisure /mi:ʒə/ rouge /ru:ʒ/

gigolo /ʒɪgələʊ/ leisure /leɪʒə/ beige /beɪʒ/

[tʃ] choice /tʃɔɪs/ capture /kæptʃə/ crunch /krʌntʃ/

church /tʃɜ:tʃ/ mature /mətʃʊə(r) march /mɑ:tʃ/

[dʒ] jealous /dʒeləs/ soldier /səʊdʒɪə/ bridge /brɪdʒ/

join /dʒɔɪn/ subject /sʌbdʒekt/ page /peɪdʒ/

The words at the table above were going to be read by the

speakers. Therefore, to make the production of English consonants sound

naturally, they were arranged randomize.

There were nine consonants, which are [v, θ, ð, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ], that

were considered to be mispronounced by Javanese students. The score of

each consonant was maximum six (6) because there were two (2) words in

each position; initial (2 words), medium (2 words), and final (2 words).

The speakers were twenty (20) who were going to read the words. Each


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consonant had a total score one hundred and twenty (120) from the

multiplier of six (6) and twenty (20). It is formulated below:

x= ∑ 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭

∑ 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 x 100%

That formula was used to look for the grade of pronunciation

accuracy of each position and total accuracy which total score for each

position is forty (40). It came from the multiplier of the number of words

at each position (2) and the sum of twenty (20) speakers. To find out the

pronunciation acuracy at each position, the ∑ (means sum) correct score of

each position was divided by the ∑ total score, that was forty (40). To find

out the average of the consonants pronunciation accuracy, the ∑ correct

score of all position (score of initial+medium+final position) was divided

by the ∑ total score in a consonant, that was one hundred and twenty

(120).

After finding out the percentage, it could be stated that if the

percentage was more than 50%, the English consonant was able to be

pronounced by the Javanese speakers. The opposite, the consonant was not

able to be articulated if the percentage was less than 50%. The following

table explained for the details:


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6 Table of The Grade of Pronunciation Accuracy

Range grade

90%-100% excellent

80%-90% very good

70%-80% good

60%-70% above average

50%-60% average

40%-50% below average

30%-40% poor

20%-30% very poor

10%-20% bad

0%-10% worst

The function of the table above was to show the indication of the

speakers’ accuracy grade, at the each position and each consonant. For

example, the correct score of [v] at the initial position was 15, medial

position was 10, and final position was 20. The result of [v] must be:

[v] initial = 15

40 x 100% = 37,5%

[v] medial = 10

40 x 100% = 25%

[v] final = 20

40 x 100% = 50%

[v] average = 15+10+20

40+40+40 x 100% = 37,5%

It means that consonant [v] failed to be articulated by the Javanese

speakers in initial and medial position. However, they were able to

pronounce the [v] in final position. While the grade of the accuracy


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pronunciation of consonant [v] in initial position was poor, medial position

was very poor, and final position was average.


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CHAPTER IV

ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

The total data were eight hundred and forty (840) recorded words speech

analyzed. It were counted from the multiplier of the word lists, forty two (42), and

the total respondents, twenty (20). The most of respondents were female students,

sixteen students were female and the rest were male students which are four. The

gender of the respondents does not make any difference speaking in this research.

It is only an information. The focus is only the result of English mispronunciation.

A. The Comparison between English and Javanese Consonants

This part is going to discuss the similarities and differences between

English and Javanese consonants. The aim is to find out the differences and

similarities between both. The finding will be analyzed in order to answer the first

problem formulation as formulated in Chapter I. The differences show the

consonants that are mispronounced by Javanese students. While the similarities

show the ability to produce the same consonants.


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1. Manner of Articulation

a. Similarities

The similarities on the Manner of Articulation between English and

Javanese are about the classification of consonant sound based on Manner of

Articulation, the articulation and the sound itself.

Based on Manner of Articulation, both English and Javanese have two

main similar categories which are voiced or voiceless. Besides, there are five

specific categories that are stop, nasal, fricative, glide and liquid.

The voiced consonants consist of [b, d, ɡ, m, n, ŋ, z, w, l, r]. There are

seven consonants of voiceless sounds. They are [p, t, k, Ɂ, f s, h]. The English and

Javanese stop consonants are [p, b, t, d, k, ɡ, Ɂ]. Nasal consonants covers [m, n,

ŋ]. Fricative consonants are [f, s, z, h]. Glide consonant is [w]. The last categories

is liquid that has a similar sound, [l].

b. Differences

Both English and Javanese affricates sound, but differ in some

characteristics that are voiceless and voiced sound and the sound itself. In English,

it consists of two sounds which are [tʃ] as a voiceless sound and [dʒ] as a voiced

sound. However, Javanese has only one sound, [r] as a voiced sound. In Javanese

stop sounds, there are four sounds that do not exist in English. They are [ʈ, ɖ, ʧ,

ʤ]. Moreover, sound [ɲ] appears in Javanese. It can also be written as ‘ny’. In

fricative sounds, English has five more sounds, [v, θ, ð, ʃ, ʒ], rather than Javanese.

Consonant [j], in Javanese, is a member of stop sounds while in English, it is a

glide sound. But, Javanese has one additional member in glide sound that is [y].


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Then, liquid sounds of English are [l and r], but Javanese only has [l]. It is

because the [r] belongs to affricate sound.

2. Place of Articulation

a. Similarities

Based on Place of Articulation, there are six categories which are similar.

They are bilabial, labiodental, alveolar, palatal, velar, glottal. Both languages,

English and Javanese have similar members of bilabial position, [p, b, m]. In

labiodental position, there is only one similar sound. It is [f]. Besides, alveolar

position has three same sounds. They are [n, l, r]. Even though sound [l] and [r] in

a different manner of articulation, they are in the same place of articulation.

Moreover, both languages have a same category in place of articulation, velar

sound. The English consonants have same inventory with Javanese consonants

except only [w]. In glottal position, they both have same inventory that are [Ɂ and

h].

b. Differences

English and Javanese have some differences in category and the inventory

of same category of place of articulation. Both have labiodental, but Javanese

does not have a [v] sound. On the other hand, Javanese has [w] sound. The [w]

does not appear in labiodental of English. The [w] exists in velar position.

Moreover, both languages have a same category that is palatal. However, there is

no similar consonants between both. The English inventory of palatal position are

[ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ, j]. While Javanese inventory are [ʈ and ɖ]. Javanese has some

additional categories which are apiko-dental, lamino-alveolar, and medio-palatal.


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Apiko-dental has two consonants that are [t and d]. In English, those words appear

in alveolar position. Then, lamino-alveolar category consists of two sounds which

are [s and z]. Both languages have these words, but they are placed in a different

category. Javanese has them in lamino-alveolar and English has them in alveolar.

In Medio-palatal position, it has four consonants. They are [ʧ, ʤ, ɲ, j]. The [ʤ]

sound, in English, it belongs to palatal position.

From both theories manner and place of articulation, it can be seen that

there are seven English consonants which are absent in Javanese consonants. They

are [v, θ, ð, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ]. Based on consonant feature theory, it can be stated that

these seven consonants cause pronunciation problem, mispronunciation, for

Javanese speakers.

B. Phonological Analysis of English Consonants Mispronunciation

As it has been explained on the preceding part there are seven consonants

which are mispronounced by the respondents. In this subchapter the discussion is

focused on the consonants contribution of predicted English consonants

mispronounced by Javanese students. It will examine the consonants features and

manner and place of articulation of both languages. Basically, English consonants

can transform into more than one consonant as the result of respondents’ mother

tongue, which is Javanese.


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1. Labiodental Fricative

There is only one consonant that Javanese mispronounced.

a. English consonant [v]

After the research has been done in the field, this English consonant [v]

was not successfully pronounced by the respondents. It can be noticed that the

score of [v] was 46,67%. This means that the accuracy of the respondent to

produce this sound is below average. There are 53,33% respondents who failed to

pronounce this sound. They produced this sound as [f]. It can be seen from the

pronunciation of the words ‘value’ /vælju:/ as /fælju/ and ‘average’ /ævərɪdʒ/ as

/æfərɪdʒ/.

In initial position, the [v] had score 37,5%. It means that the respondents’

accuracy who pronounced English consonant [v] is poor in the words ‘value’ and

‘vacation’. In medial position, it scored 62,5%. The accuracy of respondents were

above average in producing sound [v] in medial position of the words ‘average’ and

‘oval’. Thus, final position of [v] had percentage 40%. It means the respondents’

accuracy who produce this sound in the final position was good in the words

‘remove’ and ‘above’. Table below shows the percentage of each position

Table 7 Percentage of Mispronunciation of Consonant [v]

Words English

Pronunciation

Javanese

Pronunciation

Percentage

(%) of

Correct

Pronunciation

Total Score

Value /vælju:/ /fælju/ 37,5

46,67%

Vacation /vəkeɪʃn/ /fəkeɪʃn/

Average /ævərɪdʒ/ /æfərɪdʒ/ 62,5

Oval /əʊvl/ /əʊfl/

Remove /rɪmu:v/ /rɪmu:f/ 40

Above /əbʌv/ /əbʌf/


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Even though English consonant [v] is absent in Javanese consonant’s

inventory, it is able to be produced by Javanese students at medial. It can be seen

through the accuracy of medial position is above average. On the other side, there

is only 53,33% from the total respondents who are fail to pronounce this

consonant.

However, they mispronounce English consonant [v] at initial position in

the words ‘value’ and ‘vacation’. The percentage is very small. The respondents

mispronounce labiodental voiced fricative [v] with labiodental voiceless fricative

[f]. It is the result of interference of Javanese phonetics that there is no labiodental

voiced fricative sound. The sound [v] and [f] have similarity each other in

consonant features, except in voiced category, as presented below:

Table 8 Feature Similarity of [v] and [f]

[v] [f]

- sonorant

+ continuant

+ anterior

+ voiced

+ strident

- sonorant

+ continuant

+ anterior

- voiced

+ strident

Javanese phonetics system does not have consonant [v] in every inventory.

A problem will appear when they learn English and misinterpret and

misunderstand when they speak English. It is because the consonant contribution

between [v] and [f] occur at all position

At the previous chapter, the background of the speakers was clear that why

these consonants distribution occur. Indonesian loan words which consist of


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consonant [v] in initial and medial from English words, but they are pronounced it

as [f]. It can be seen at a table below:

Table 9 English and Indonesian Consonant [v]

English Indonesian Javanese

Variation

/vɛːrɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Variasi /fariasi/ Variasi (fariasi)

Variable /vɛːrɪəb(ə)l/ Variabel /fariabel/ Variable /fariabel/

Provocation /

/prɒvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Provokasi /profokasi/ Provokasi /profokasi/

Evaluasi

/ɪvaljʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Evaluasi /efaluasi/ Evaluasi /efaluasi/

Active /aktɪv/ Aktif /aktif/ Aktif /aktif/

Creative /kriːeɪtɪv/ Kreatif /kreatif/ Kreatif /kreatif/

The table showed that consonant [v] changed into consonant [f] in all

position. This process was called devoicing, that is a voiced sound turned into

voiceless but it did not change other feature. It is noted that Indonesian does not

have words followed by [v] at the final positions. The consonant [v] directly

changed into consonant [f]. That is why Javanese could not good produce voiced

fricative sound.

2. Interdental Fricative

a. English consonant [θ]

Javanese students are good enough to produce consonant [θ]. It has total

percentage 63,3%. It means that the accuracy of the respondents is above average.

Most of them exchange the English phoneme [θ] as appears in the words ‘think’

/θɪŋk/, ‘thank’ /θæŋk/, ‘nothing’ /nʌɪŋk/, ‘birthday’ /bɜ:θdeɪ/, ‘bath’ /bɑ:θ/ and

‘breath’ /breθ/.


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At the initial position, the score is 67,5% which means the accuracy of the

respondents who produce consonant [θ] is above average at the initial position in

the words such as ‘think’ /θɪŋk/ and ‘thank’ /θæŋk/. Then, in the madial position,

they are fail to pronunce consonant [θ]. The score is only 45% which means

below average as seen in the words ‘nothing’ /nʌɪŋk/ and ‘birthday’ /bɜ:θdeɪ/.

Next, the final position of consonant [θ] has score 77,5%. It means the Javanese

students are able to produce this consonant in the words like ‘bath’ /bɑ:θ/ and

‘breath’ /breθ/. See the table below:

Table 10 Mispronounciation of Consonant [θ]

They change consonant [θ] into [ʈ] because there is no interdental

fricative. Most of them replace [θ] with [ʈ] only at the initial and medial position.

Meanwhile in final position, they change [θ] into [t] which applied spelling

pronunciation. Basically, they have distinguised features. The conosnant [θ] are

[+fricative], [-voiced], [+interdental], [+continuant]. The features of consonant [ʈ]

are [-fricative], [-voiced], [-interdental], [-continuant]. The differences of those

three consonants are contrast at the table below:

Words English

Pronunciation

Javanese

Pronunciation

Percentage

(%) of correct

pronunciation

Total score

thank /θæŋk/ /ʈæŋk/ 67,5

63,3% think /θɪŋk/ /ʈiŋk/

birthday /bɜ:θdeɪ/ /beʈdey/ 45

nothing /nʌɪŋk/ /natiŋ/

bath /bɑ:θ/ /bɑʈ/ 77,5

breath /breθ/ /breʈ/


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Table 11 Features differences between [θ] and [ʈ] [θ] [ʈ]

+fricative

-voiced

-palatal

+continuant

+anterior

+coronal

-strident

+obstruent

-fricative

-voiced

+palatal

-continuant

+anterior

+coronal

-strident

+obstruent

As it can be seen at the table above, consonant [θ] and [ʈ] are in fricative,

place of articulation and continunat. Besides, they are similar in features voceless,

coronal, anterior, strident and obstruent. The place of articulation of both are close

enough that [θ] is interdental and [ʈ] is palatal.

b. English consonant [ð]

English voiced fricative [ð] was failed to be pronounced by the speakers. It

can be seen from the total score, 30%. It means that the accuracy of the speakers

who pronounce consonant [ð] is poor. They change consonant [ð] into consonant

[ɖ] as appear in the words like ‘them’ /ðem:/, ‘father’ /fɑ:ðə(r)/, and ‘breathe’

/bri:ð/. See the table below:


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Table 12 Mispronunciation of [ð]

Words English

Pronunciation

Javanese

Pronunciation

Percentage

(%) of

Correct

Pronunciation

Total Score

these /ði:z/ /ɖi:z/ 22,5

30% them /ðem:/ /ɖem:/

brother /brʌðə(r)/ /brʌɖə(r)/ 17,5

father /fɑ:ðə(r)/ /fɑ:ɖə(r)/

breathe /bri:ð/ /bri:ɖ/ 50

teethe /ti:ð/ /ti:ɖ/

The score of initial position is 22,5% that means the speakers are very

poor in producing consonant [ð] in initial. The examples are like in the words

‘these’ and ‘them’. On the other hand, they can only reach 17,5% score in medial

position. The accuracy of the speakers is bad at the medial position in the words

such as ‘brother’ and ‘father’. Then, the final position have score 50%. This

means that the accuracy is below average at the final position in the word such as

‘breathe’ and ‘teethe’.

Table 13 Features contrast between [ð] and [d]

[ð] [ɖ]

+voiced

+continuant

-palatal

-stop

+coronal

+anterior

-strident

+obstruent

-voiced

-continuant

+palatal

+stop

+coronal

+anterior

-strident

+obstruent

Table above shows that Javanese mispronounce the English consonant [ð]

with [ɖ] in all positions. The consonant [ð] sounds similar with [ɖ] for Javanese

speakers. The contrast features is applied to find out the answer of this anomaly.

The features of consonant [ð] are [+interdental], [+obstruent], [+continuant], [-


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strident], and [-stop]. The features of consonant [ɖ] are [-voiced], [+palatal],

[+obstruent], [-continuant], [-strident], [+stop], and [+coronal].

From the table above, it can be seen that [ð] and [ɖ] are contrast in stop,

continuant and their manner of place. It is the reason why they change consonant

[ð] into [ɖ] because they share similar features in [-voiced], [+coronal],

[+anterior], [-strident], and [+obstruent].

3. Palatal Fricative

a. English Consonant [ʃ]

Javanese students are good at pronuncing English consonant [ʃ]. It was

shown by the total score that got 75,83%. It means that they are good. They

exchange [ʃ] into [s] as can be seen in the words like ‘shine’ /ʃaɪn/, ‘shore’ /ʃɔ:(r)/,

precious’ /preʃəs/, ‘fashion’ /fæʃn/, ‘finish’ /fɪnɪʃ/, and ‘flash’ /flæʃ/.

In the initial position, the score is 80% which means the accuracy of the

respondents are good like in the words such ‘shine’ /ʃaɪn/ and ‘shore’ /ʃɔ:(r)/. At

the medial position, the respondents are able to reach 85%. It is very good. It can

be seen in the words ‘precious’ /preʃəs/ and ‘fashion’ /fæʃn/. At the final position,

the accuracy of the respondents who pronounce consonant [ʃ] are above average at

the final position in the words such as ‘finish’ /fɪnɪʃ/ and ‘flash’ /flæʃ/. They get

score 62,5%. Table below shows the percentage of each position:


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Table 14 Mispronounciation of [ʃ] Words English

Pronunciation

Javanese

Pronunciation

Percentage

(%) of Correct

Pronunciation

Total Score

shine /ʃaɪn/ /saɪn/ 80

75,83 shore /ʃͻ:(r)/ /sͻ:r/

fashion /fæʃn/ /fæsen/ 85

precious /preʃəs/ /presiəs/

finish /fɪnɪʃ/ /fɪnɪs/ 62,5

flash /flæʃ/ /flæs/

Some of respondents got confusion when they pronounced [ʃ] as an initial

and medial position. It can be seen from the table above. The research found that

all of the speakers replaced [ʃ] into [s] in all positions. Consonant [ʃ] has

consonant features [-voiced], [+coronal], [+strident], [+palatal], and [+fricative].

On the other hand, [s] has [-voiced], [+coronal], [+strident], [+laminoalveolar]

and [+fricative].

Table 15 Features consonant [ʃ] and [s]

[ʃ] [s]

-voiced

+coronal

+strident

+fricative

-anterior

-voiced

+coronal

+strident

+fricative

+anterior

From the table above, it is clear that palatal fricative [ʃ] and lamino-

alveolar fricative [s] are contrast in anterior which means they are different in

place of articutalion. On the other side, they both have several same inventories

such as [-voiced], [+coronal], [+strident] and [+fricative].


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b. English Consonant [ʒ]

The table shows that the speakers are able to produce English consonant

[ʒ] as shown by the result is 54,17%. It means that the accuracy of the speakers is

average as shown in the words like ‘genre’ /ʒɑ:nrə/, ‘gigolo’ /ʒɪgələʊ/, ‘measure’

/mi:ʒə/, ‘leisure’ /leɪʒə/, ‘rouge’ /ru:ʒ/ and ‘beige’ /beɪʒ/. Most of the respondents

are fail to produce [ʒ] in initial and final position.

Initial position only gets 35% that is poor such as in the words ‘genre’ and

‘gigolo’. The result of medial position is 95%. It means the speakers are excellent

when they produce English consonant [ʒ] like in the words ‘measure’ and

‘leisure’. The final position’s percentage is 32,5% that means the accuracy of the

speakers are poor in the words ‘rouge’ and ‘beige’.

Table 16 Mispronounced Conosnant [ʒ]

Words English

Pronunciation

Javanese

Pronunciation

Percentage

(%) of

Correct

Pronunciation

Total Score

genre ʒɑ:nrə ɡenre 35

54,17 gigolo ʒɪgələʊ ɡɪɡolo

measure mi:ʒə mi:sə 95

leisure leɪʒə leɪsə

rouge ru:ʒ ru: ɡ 32,5

beige beɪʒ beɪɡ

The table is clear to prove that the respondents are excellent to produce

English consonant [ʒ] in medial position rather than initial and final position. It

was shown by the accuracy which is higest from other consonants. In inital

position, the distribution always occurs before vowel, and it is changed to [ɡ].

Then, in medial position, some of speakers change [ʒ] into [s]. It occurs only in


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medial position between the vowels. They apply as spelling pronunciation. Thus,

the final position there is only distribution of [ʒ] and [ɡ] after the vowel.

From the table above, it can be seen that the respondents pronounce these words

similar with their spelling in all position. It is not valid to apply contrasting

method to find out the distribution process.

4. Palatal Affricate

a. English Consonant [tʃ]

Consonant [tʃ] is able to be articulated by the speakers. The total accuracy of [tʃ]

is 71,6% that means good. The words which are used as the indicator are ‘choice’

/tʃɔɪs/, ‘church’ / tʃɜ:tʃ/, ‘capture’ /kæptʃə/, ‘mature’ /mətʃʊə(r)/, ‘crunch’ /krʌntʃ/,

and ‘march’ /mɑ:tʃ/.

The result for initial position is 37,5% that means the speakers are poor

while producing this consonant such in the words ‘choice’ and ‘church’. The

medial position gets score bigger than initial. The score is 87,5% means that the

accuracy of the respondents are very good at the medial position in the words like

‘capture’ and ‘mature’. The total score of final position is 90% means that the

accuracy of the respondents are excellent at final position in the words like

‘crunch’ and ‘march’.


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Table 17 Mispronunciation of [tʃ]

Words English

Pronunciation

Javanese

Pronunciation

Percentage

(%) of

Correct

Pronunciation

Total Score

choice [tʃɔɪs] [ʧɔɪs] 37,5

71,6% church [tʃɜ:tʃ] [ʧɜ:ch]

capture [kæptʃə] [kæpchər] 87,5

mature [mətʃʊə(r)] [məchʊər]

crunch [krʌntʃ] [krʌn ch] 90

march [mɑ:tʃ] [mɑ:ch]

From the table above, it can be seen that the most of respondents are

unable to produce consonant [tʃ] at initial position rather than another position.

They articulated [tʃ] as Javanese consonant [ʧ] because of the initial alphabet of

the word. In fact, most of them pronounce it as [ʧ] with ommiting consonant [h].

On the other hand, the respondents are very good in producing [tʃ] at medial

position. The distribution is between vowels. While in final position they are

excellent.

Javanese respondents pronounce the words as their spelling with

ommitting the second cnsonant at the innitial position. In medial and final

position, they change palatal affricate [tʃ] into medio-palatal stop [ʧ] followed by

glotal fricative consonant [h] because there is no voiceless palatal affricate [tʃ] in

Javanese consonants inventories.


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18 Features contrast of [tʃ] and [ʧ]

[tʃ] [ʧ]

+ obstruent + obstruent

- continuant - continuant

- anterior - anterior

+ delayed release + delayed release

+ coronal - coronal

+ strident + strident

- voiced - voiced

Consonant [tʃ] and [ʧ] are same almost in every inventor. But, they are

only different in coronal. On the other side, they share the same features of

obstruent, anterior, delayed release and voiced. Eventhogh they have many

similarities, the production sound of [tʃ] and aspirated [ʧ] are different.

b. English Consonant [dʒ]

Then, the next consonant is [dʒ]. The research result shows that the

respondents are able to produce English consonant [dʒ] as shown by the result is

55,8%. It means the accuracy of the speakers are above average. The words that is

used as the indicator are ‘jealous’ /dʒeləs/, ‘join’ /dʒɔɪn/, ‘soldier’ /səʊdʒɪə/,

‘subject’ /sʌbdʒekt/, ‘bridge’ /brɪdʒ/, and ‘page’ /peɪdʒ/. Some of the respondents

mispronounce it with [j] at all position. In a certain case, they replace it with either

[ɖ] or [g] at the middle and final position.

The initial position of consonant [dʒ] gets score 47,5% which means the

accuracy is below average. It can be seen in the words like ‘jealous’ and ‘join’.

The medial position gets result 50%. It means the respondents are average while

producing this consonant as appears in the words ‘soldier’ and ‘subject’. The final


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position gets total percentage 70% that means the speakers are good in pronuncing

[dʒ] as shown in the words like ‘bridge’ and ‘page’.

Table 19 Mispronounciation of [dʒ], [j], and [d]

Words English

Pronunciation

Javanese

Pronunciation

Percentage

(%) of Correct

Pronunciation

Total Score

jealous /dʒeləs/ /jeləs/ 47,5

55,8% join /dʒɔɪn/ /jɔɪn/

soldier /səʊdʒɪə/ /səʊɖɪr/ 50

subject /sʌbdʒekt/ /sʌbjekt/

bridge /brɪdʒ/ /brɪɖ/ 70

page /peɪdʒ/ /peɪg/

The table shows that Javanese respondents replace palatal voiced affricate

[dʒ] with [j] and [ɖ] sometimes. The distribution of consonant [j] is at all position

such in the words ‘jealous’, ‘join’, and ‘subject’. Otherwise, the other words

which do not have consonant spelling [j] but pronunce as [dʒ], apply the spelling

pronunciation like in the words ‘ soldier’, ‘bridge’, and ‘page’.

In a certain case, the respondents subtitute palatal voiced affricates [dʒ]

with palatal voiced stop [ɖ]. They produce it because they pronounce the words

that contains consonant [d] as [ɖ] shown in the words ‘soldier’ and ‘bridge’. In

other case, a few of Javanese speakers replace [dʒ] with velar voiced stop [g] in

the word ‘page’. The English phoneme [dʒ] sounds similar with Javanese

phoneme [ɖ]. See the table below:


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20 Features Contrast of Consonant [dʒ], [j], and [ɖ]

[dʒ] [j] [ɖ]

+ obstruent - obstruent + obstruent

- continuant + continuant - continuant

- anterior - anterior + anterior

+ delayed release + delayed release + delayed release

+ strident - strident - strident

+ voiced + voiced + voiced

+ coronal - coronal + coronal

From the table above, it shows that palatal voiced stop [ɖ] is sound similar

with palatal voiced affricate [dʒ]. They have similarities in some inventories

which are obstruent, continuant, delayed release, voiced, and coronal. Both

consonants have same place of articulation that is palatal. Besides, they get

differences in features anterior and strident. They are also diffirent manner of

articulation, which are [dʒ] is affricate and [ɖ] is stop.


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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION

After doing the research, the Javanese respondents have advance

pronunciation of some English consonants that can be seen through the grade of

accuracy. Based on the result of contrastive analysis, there are seven (7) English

consonants which are listed to be pronunciation problem for the Javanese

speakers.

Javanese and English consonants have features similarities in consonants

such as bilabial voiceless stop [p], bilabial voiced stop [b], voiced stop [d], velar

voiced stop [g], bilabial voiced nasal [m], alveolar voiced nasal [n], velar voice

nasal [ŋ], voiced fricative [z], voiced glide [w], alveolar voiced liquid [l], alveolar

voiced [r], voiceless stop [t], velar voiceless stop [k], glottal voiceless stop [?],

labiodental voiceless fricatives [f], voiceless fricatives [s], and glottal fricatives

[h]. The speakers are able to produce those consonants. It is because of the

features similarities.

Both English and Javanese also have differences in certain consonants.

The absence of Javanese consonants in English inventories are labiodental voiced

fricatives [v], bilabial voiceless fricatives [θ], bilabial voiced fricatives [ð], palatal

voiceless fricatives [ʃ], palatal voiced fricatives [ʒ], palatal voiced affricates [ʤ],

and palatal voiceless affricates [ʧ]. These English consonants are difficult to be

pronounced by the Javanese students.


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Actually, the Javanese speakers are very good at pronouncing English

consonants [ʃ] (75,8%) and [ʧ] (71,6%), above average in pronouncing [θ]

(63,3%), and average in pronouncing [ʤ] (55,8%) and [ʒ] (54,1%). The two

consonants are scored under 50%. There are [v] (46,6%) and [ð] (30%).

The accuracy of English labiodental voiced fricative [v] pronunciation

reached 46,6% in which 37,5% in initial position, 62,5% in medial position, and

40% in final position. It means that the accuracy of Javanese respondents’

pronunciation is below average. It caused devoicing mispronunciation. It happens

when voiced consonant becomes voiceless consonant. Noticed that the speakers

have Indonesian language as their national language and also learn Indonesian

language in school since elementery school. The examples of devoicing

pronunciation appear in English consonant [v] in the word ‘vacation’ /vəkeɪʃn/

which is articulated as /fəkeʃn/. The solution to prevent the devoicing

mispronunciation is exercising to vibrate the vocal cords when articulates the

voiced consonant [v]. It is to differ with voiceless [f]. Most of the Javanese

speakers change it into Javanese labiodental voiceless fricative [f] as the language

interference.

The accuarcy of English interdental voiceless fricative [θ] pronunciation

reached 63,3% in which 67,5% in initial position, 45% in medial position, and

77,5% in final position. The grade of pronunciation accuracy is above average.

Some of the Javanese speakers replace it with Javanese palatal voiceless stop [ʈ]

as the language interference.


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The accuracy of English interdental voiced fricative [ð] pronunciation

reached 30% in which 22,5% in initial position, 17,5% in medial position, and

50% in final position. The grade of pronunciation accuracy is poor. Many of the

respondents replaced [ð] with Javanese inventory apiko-dental voiced stop [ɖ] as

the language interference.

The accuracy of English palatal voiceless fricative [ʃ] pronunciation

reached 75,8% in which 80% in initial position, 85% in medial position, and

62,5% in final position. It means the Javanese respondents accuracy is good. Most

of Javanese speakers replace it with Javanese lamino-alveolar voiceless fricative

[s] as the language interference.

The accuracy of English palatal voiced fricative [ʒ] pronunciation reached

54,1% in which 35% in initial position, 95% in medial position, and 32,5% in

final position. It means the Javanese respondents accuracy is average. Most of

Javanese speakers replace it with Javanese velar voiced stop [ɡ] as the language

interference.

Most of the Javanese respondents are the spelling. It is because of the

language interference of mother tongue. There are some examples of the spelling

mispronunciation. Two of them are ‘genre’ /ʒɑ:nrə/ and ‘gigolo’ /ʒɪɡələʊ/. The

both are produced as /ɡiɡolo/ and /ɡenre/. The best ways to prevent are checking

the pronunciation of the words in the dictionariy like Oxford Dictionary or

Merriam Webster Dictionary and after that exercising the words use the correct

pronunciation.


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The accuracy of English palatal voiceless africate [tʃ] pronunciation

reached 71,6% in which 37,5% in initial position, 87,5% in medial position, and

90% in final position. The grade of pronunciation accuracy is good. Many of the

respondents replaced [tʃ] with Javanese medio-palatal voiceless stop [ʧ] as the

language interference.

The accuracy of English palatal voiceld africate [dʒ] pronunciation

reached 55,8% in which 47,5% in initial position, 50% in medial position, and

70% in final position. The grade of pronunciation accuracy is average. Many of

the respondents replaced [dʒ] with Javanese medio-palatal voiced stop [j] as the

language interference.

The last summary is the mispronunciation of two consonants which are

close in place of articulation. It occurs between two close places of articulation

such as alveolar [θ] is pronounced as palatal [ʈ]; interdental [ð] is produced as

palatal [ɖ]; palatal [ʃ] is articulated as laminoalveolar [s]; palatal [ʧ] is pronounced

as mediopalatal [ʧ]; and palatal [ʤ] is produced as mediopalatal [j].

After the research done, it could be concluded that the description of

Javanese mispronunciation occurred when some English consonants are absent in

Javanese inventories. The respondents got difficulties to pronounce those English

consonants. As the result, almost all of them changed the English consonants into

Javanese consonants which have close inventories with English consonants.


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APPENDIX 1

Data Percentage of each position from English consonants

mispronunciation by the native speakers of Javanese shows at the table below:


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APPENDIX 2

The Data Indicator Words

Phoneme Initial Medial Final

[v] value /vælju:/ average /ævərɪdʒ/ remove /rɪmu:v/

vacation /vəkeɪʃn/ oval /əʊvl/ above /əbʌv/

[θ] thank /θæŋk/ birthday /bɜ:θdeɪ/ bath /bɑ:θ/

think /θɪŋk/ nothing /nʌθɪŋ/ breath /breθ/

[ð] these /ði:z/ brother /brʌðə(r)/ breathe /bri:ð/

them /ðem:/ father /fɑ:ðə(r)/ teethe /ti:ð/

[ʃ] shine /ʃaɪn/ fashion /fæʃn/ finish /fɪnɪʃ/

shore /ʃɔ:(r)/ precious /preʃəs/ flash /flæʃ/

[ʒ] genre /ʒɑ:nrə/ meisure /mi:ʒə/ rouge /ru:ʒ/

gigolo /ʒɪgələʊ/ leisure /leɪʒə/ beige /beɪʒ/

[tʃ] choice /tʃɔɪs/ capture /kæptʃə/ crunch /krʌntʃ/

church /tʃɜ:tʃ/ mature /mətʃʊə(r) march /mɑ:tʃ/

[dʒ] jealous /dʒeləs/ soldier /səʊdʒɪə/ bridge /brɪdʒ/

join /dʒɔɪn/ subject /sʌbdʒekt/ page /peɪdʒ/


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