An instrumental study of oral vowels in the Kedah variety of Acehnese

An instrumental analysis of oral monophthongs in Aceh Barat dialect of Acehnese

“…This overlapping phenomenon suggests that some speakers might produce certain vowels as other vowels, as found in the study by Yusuf and Pillai (2016) in the Keudah variety of Acehnese in Malaysia. Deterding et al (2008) also found a similar pattern in which some English phonemes are produced as other phonemes by Hongkong speakers of English.…”

“…Al-Harbi (2003) reported that the Acehnese vowel of Pidie dialects has back vowel /ʌ/ closer to /ɔ/ compared to the North dialects in Asyik (1987) and Durie (1985). Yusuf and Pillai (2016) also found that Acehnese people living in Kampung Keudah, Malaysia retains most of the vowels in their Acehnese despite the loss in /ʌ/, /ǝ/, and in some cases /a/. They suggest lack of contact with Acehnese in Indonesia may contribute to some loss in vowels.…”

“…However, the focus of Aziz was more about the sociolinguistics aspect of the language instead of on the phonological aspect. The most comprehensive and recent studies on Acehnese vowels were made by Pillai and Yusuf (2012), Yusuf and Pillai (2013), and Yusuf and Pillai (2016).…”

“…One way to record and document varieties of Acehnese dialect is by studying vowel sounds produced by Acehnese speakers. However, previous studies on Acehnese vowels have been exclusively focused on the northern dialects, such as Pillai and Yusuf (2012), Yusuf and Pillai (2013), and Yusuf and Pillai (2016), leaving the western dialects understudied. The earlier studies of Acehnese contextual grammar and its sounds by Asyik (1987) and Durie (1985) were also based on the northern dialects.…”

Examining personification in songs as one of the English teaching materials

“…The most well-known and commonly distributed type of literature is a song. Yusuf and Pillai (2016) figured that songs and sounds have contribution in English studies and it develops quickly between worldwide societies.…”