AN ANLYSIS OF PHONETIC RULES ON JAVANESE ENGLISH PRONOUNCIATION IN JOKOWI’S SPEECH OF APEC 2014

Abstract

This title of this research is An Anlysis of Vowel and Consonant Rules on Javanese English Pronounciation in Jokowi’s Speech of APEC CEO summit 2014. The mini research is aimed to answer two points: How the President sounds any vowel and consonant rules of English in his speech of APEC CEO summit 2014? And what accent mostly use by President, is it British English or American English. The writer knows that the consonant is divided into voicing, place of articulation, and manner of articulation. The object of this mini research is Jokowi’s pronounciation, while as we know that Jokowi well known as the president of Indonesia who come from Solowhich part of Java Island. Jokowi’s pronounciation will get influenced from java accent since he was the origin javanese. This analysis also show how Jokowi speech in English languag,in context of APEC 2014. Based on the analysis, the result shows that the manner of articulation, like aspirated, and some of [v] [z] [æ] are not pronounced well by him, and mostly the pronouncition that produced by Mr. President  in British accent. The writer uses the theory of vowel and consonant rules from Fromkin (9th edition), and to check the sounds the writer use the oxford dictionary.

Keywords: Pronounciation, Consonant Rules, Accent, Javanese English.