A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ACCENT VARIATION IMPLIED BY MADURESE SPEAKERS ACCROSS DIFFERENCE CITIES IN EAST JAVA ( PROBOLINGGO, BONDOWOSO, AND SUMENEP )
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter sets out background of the study, Problem of the study, objectives of the study, significance of the study, and definition of the key terms. 1.1 Background of the Study The research of the linguistics has been conducted by many of the linguistics expert. Especially, in the accent .The are many the expert of the linguistics on the accent aspect, such as Larry R. Nelson Jr, Margaret L. Signorella, and Karin G. Botti, the accent according to Hughes et al. (2005), “accent includes only variations in pronunciation, however dialect refers to variations in grammar and vocabulary”. The accent according to Ben Goumbark Malika “is a way of pronouncing a language. It is therefore impossible to speak without an accent. Your accent results from how, where, and when you learned the language you are speaking and it gives impressions about you to other people” . and the accent according to Edward 1997 “ Accent defined as the manner of pronunc...