TRANS-KATA: Journal of Language, Literature, Culture, and Education
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): TRANS-KATA: Journal of Language, Literature, Culture and Education

A study on phonologycal process: A case on Indonesian EFL students' pronunciations

Hayria Mohamad (Department of English Education, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia)
Hanisah Hanafi (Department of English Education, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia)
Rahman Taufiqrianto Dako (Department of English Education, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 May 2021

Abstract

The present article seeks to discuss the phonological process concerning the alterations in English sounds produced by Indonesian EFL students. This study drew on generative phonology and utilized Schane’s (1973) categories of the phonological process to highlight the changes in English sounds. This study applied a qualitative method with a descriptive research design. All data of this study were gathered through digitally recording eight EFL students’ oral presentations in the research proposal seminars. According to the results of this study, the transformations in the English sounds arose in both the consonant and vowel sounds of the English, where these changes attributed to the four categories of phonological process, including assimilation, dissimilation, deletion, and insertion. The present study also found the occurrences of a double and triple different phonological process in single word utterance produced by participants of this study. This study signified that such changes in English sounds occurred owing to the mother tongue influence. The results of this study offer a significant contribution to the insights into both linguistics and EFL instruction.

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Journal Info

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jllce

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Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Focus Trans-Kata: Journal of Language, Literature, Culture and Education is a peer-reviewed international journal published by Transbahasa. Trans-Kata aims to bring together research and academic works from the fields of arts and humanities especially in the areas of language, literature, culture ...