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A comparative analysis of phonetic transcriptions of vowels in the al bhed language in final fantasy X: International Version / Adi Wicaksono

Abstrak
Key words phonetics phonetic transcriptions vowels the Al Bhed language The Al Bhed language is a fictional language used in the 2001 s famous Role Playing Game Final Fantasy X International Version. Being a second language that is widely used in the gameplay after English the Al Bhed language possessed unique system of coding and word choices but lack of official pronunciation guide. This is the reason for the existence of this study to find the correct phonetic transcriptions of vowels used in the Al Bhed language by comparing the phonetic transcriptions with the list of 12 English vowels stated by Roach (1991 14-19) and Aitchison (1992 40). The study employs a Qualitative Comparative Approach. The data of this study are the Al Bhed language audibly-spoken monologues and dialogues in Final Fantasy X International Version. In collecting the data the researcher played Final Fantasy X International Version using PlayStation2 from the beginning until the end and recorded all sessions of dialogues and monologues in the Al Bhed Language throughout the gameplay then chose the clearest and the least noise recordings of each sessions to get the most accurate data and finally writes the accurate phonetic transcriptions of the recordings. The transcriptions then further compared with the list of 12 English vowels stated by Roach (1991 14-19) and Aitchison (1992 40). The result of the study reveals the correct phonetic transcriptions used in the AL Bhed language in Final Fantasy X International Version. While there are vowels similar to the 12 English vowels list by Roach (1991 14-19) and Aitchison (1992 40) there are several vowels that are not listed in the 12 English vowels. The study is basically expected to enrich the knowledge of Linguistics student in analyzing and determining phonetic transcriptions of a language and motivating English students to conduct more research related to languages not only in common subjects like movies and/or books but also in new subjects such as in video games.

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DDC

Rs 809.3 WIC c

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Proram Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, 2010.

Deskripsi Fisik

xii, 107 lembar : il., tab. ; 30 cm.

Bahasa

No Reg

03379/KI/10

Edisi

Skripsi (Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang, 2010

Subjek

1. FIKSI - SIMBOL FONETIK

Pembimbing

1. SIGIT SELANDONO

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