ALLOPHONIC VARIATIONS AS STYLE MARKER OF A VOICE ACTOR

Donal Fernado Lubis; Diana Anggraeni

doi:10.23917/humaniora.v23i2.18443

ALLOPHONIC VARIATIONS AS STYLE MARKER OF A VOICE ACTOR

Donal Fernado Lubis^(1*), Diana Anggraeni⁽²⁾

(1) Universitas Bangka Belitung
(2) Universitas Bangka Belitung
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

This study deals with the allophones of several phonemes pronounced by a voice actor in performing a character in animation movie. It concerns with the stylistic analysis in phonetic and phonology levels that reinforce the voice actor in performance. The data are taken from the utterances spoken by Adam Sandler, the voice actor of Count Dracula in Hotel Transylvania-2. The method of data analysis is through descriptive qualitative based on stylistic and phonetic approaches. By comparing the general American accent with the voice actor’s pronunciation, it is found that the acoustic features of [5], [r], [?], [º], [n̪] and phonemes /@/ and /e/ have particular effects in reinforcing the character in the movie, mainly to bring up comical atmosphere.

Keywords: stylistics, phonetics, phonemes, allophones, voice actor

Keywords

stylistics, phonetic, phonemes, allophones, voice actor

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