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INTONATION OF ENGLISH DECLARATIVE SENTENCE PRODUCED BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS Widagsa, Rudha
ELTICS Journal Vol 1, No 1 (2014): ELTICS Journal
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta

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Abstract This research is aimed at finding and describing the intonation of English declarative sentence produced by English Department students of Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta. The intonation is analyzed  based on contour approach through the movements of pitch. The researcher uses three students as his respondents. The data are analized through three steps, firstly, data are collected through listening and recording process, secondly, the recording data are converted to soundwave and pitch diagrams using PRAAT software, at this point, PRAAT text grid is applied to make the pitch diagrams easy to understand, and finally, the researcher draws conclusion according to the contour of pitch in the diagrams.  The result of this research illustrates that the respondents tend to rise the pitch at end of English declarative sentence which correspondingly changes the mood of the sentence into an interrogrative sentence. English declarative sentences generally have falling intonation and native speakers of English do not rise the pitch at the end of declarative sentences. However, this research shows that students of English have inadequate knowledge about suprasegmental features in English particularly intonation.   Keywords: intonation, declarative, sentence
INTONATION OF ENGLISH DECLARATIVE SENTENCE PRODUCED BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS Widagsa, Rudha
ELTICS : Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol 1, No 1 (2014): ELTICS Journal
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta

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Abstract This research is aimed at finding and describing the intonation of English declarative sentence produced by English Department students of Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta. The intonation is analyzed  based on contour approach through the movements of pitch. The researcher uses three students as his respondents. The data are analized through three steps, firstly, data are collected through listening and recording process, secondly, the recording data are converted to soundwave and pitch diagrams using PRAAT software, at this point, PRAAT text grid is applied to make the pitch diagrams easy to understand, and finally, the researcher draws conclusion according to the contour of pitch in the diagrams.  The result of this research illustrates that the respondents tend to rise the pitch at end of English declarative sentence which correspondingly changes the mood of the sentence into an interrogrative sentence. English declarative sentences generally have falling intonation and native speakers of English do not rise the pitch at the end of declarative sentences. However, this research shows that students of English have inadequate knowledge about suprasegmental features in English particularly intonation.   Keywords: intonation, declarative, sentence
Stress Alternation in English Morphological Derivation Words Produced by Native Speakers of Indonesia Widagsa, Rudha
ELTICS : Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol 3, No 1 (2016): ELTICS JOURNAL
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta

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Although English students (English-L2) are allowed to retain their local accent when speaking English, they may not be intelligible if they use inappropriate stress in communication. This research is intended to find out how English-L2 produce stress in English morphological derivation words. The respondents of this study are 10 students of English Department (PBIUPY) Who are native speakers of Indonesian. PRAAT software is applied to analyse the recordings, including measuring the pitch of each word, the highest pitch indicates the primary or strongest stress in each word. The instruments of this study are 5 morphological derivation words which have different level and variation of stress. The result illustrates that English-L2 produce inappropriate stress alternation in English morphological derivation words. Most English-L2 are not able to distinguish between strong and weak stressed syllables. It is proved by the pitch which they produce have a broadly simillar pattern.