Seventh, we need to consider the events. “The events themselves, their kinds and characters as wholes
– all these must be identified in an adequate way” Hymes, 1974: 10.
C. Theoretical Framework
There are five theories needed in doing this research. Those theories are the theory of African American Vernacular English, the theory of Standard English
and the theory of speech accommodation, the theory of speech modification strategies, and the theory of the components of communicative events.
Theory of African American Vernacular English and the theory of Standard English are helpful to answer the first problem about the linguistic features. The
theory of African American Vernacular English is not only explaining what African American Vernacular English is but also consisting of the linguistics
features of African American Vernacular English syntactical, phonological, and lexical and the history of African American Vernacular English. This contributes
to better understanding of African American Vernacular English: the definition, the linguistic features and the history. The theory of Standard English is used to
see the comparison of the linguistic features found in the novel to Standard English.
The theory of speech accommodation, the theory of speech modification strategy, and the theory of the components of communicative events are the
theories to answers the second problem about the causes of two different cultural communication among the characters. The theory of speech accommodation is to
find the causes, why the characters adapt to the others. The theory of speech
modification is to find the strategy that is used by the characters to talk to other characters. The theory of the components of communicative events is to find the
essential components that influence the language‟s adaptation of each character
when they speak to other characters.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter will be divided into 3 sections, they are object of the study, approach
of the study and method of the study. A.
Object of the Study
The object of the study is a novel entitled The Help by Kathryn Stockett. This novel is published by Penguin Group and firstly released in 2009. This novel
consists of 464 pages. The author is a white American who writes about the life of black housemaids.
This novel is inspired by the life story of her brother’s black housemaids, Abileen Cooper. Her life story about being a housemaid inspired her
to make a novel and also inspired her to name the main character in the novel as Aibeleen.
This novel successfully wo n the readers’ hearts, it was proven by becoming
the New York Best Seller in 2011. In 2011, this novel was also adapted into a film with the same title, The Help. This film also made the role player, Octavia
Spencer, who acted as Minny, won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was also nominated into three categories in Academy Award, for Best
Pictures, for Best Actress for Viola Davis who acted as Aibeleen, and for Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote.
This novel is about the life of black housemaids in 1960s. The life of the black housemaids that have to face separation from the white people. There are
three main characters in the novel. Two are the black housemaids, they are Aibeleen and Minny. They are good friends. The other main character is a white
