PHONOLOGICAL PROCESS IN INDONESIAN SPEECH (CASE OF ASSIMILATION AND ELISION IN INDONESIAN)

Abstract

This paper discusses the phonological process in the Indonesian speech, particularly on assimilation and elision. Assimilation is the influence exercised by one sound segment upon the articulation of another, so that the sounds become alike or more identical. Elision or deletion is loss or omission of segments or syllables. This phenomenon might be rooted from the fact that the speakers seem to have trouble pronouncing the words that have more than 4 (four) more syllables. Therefore, this paper discusses; (1) the types of phonological processes frequently employed, (2) the typical vocabulary undergoing phonological processes, and (3) the causes of phonological process in the speech. The data are the Indonesian words which are obtained from the record of such speech as in seminar, lecture, sermon, and conversation among people.