CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of Research
This research uses psycholinguistics as an approach which concerned on the relationship between language and mind. It is supported by Aitchison
2011:xv stating that psycholinguistic is defined as the study of the relationship between human language and human mind. The approach requires a discussion of
the research problems dealing with language disorder of Autism Spectrum
Disorder.
Related to psycholinguistics as an approach, the study uses a descriptive qualitative design with a content analysis method. This research describes data in
words or provides interpretations on findings. It is concerned on providing descriptions of phenomena which occurred naturally without any experimental
manipulations. To strengthen the descriptions of the data, the study provides tables showing the frequencies of the occurrence of the data. According to
McMillan in Wiersma and Jurs, 2009:13, qualitative method is a research data that is based on verbal narratives and observations rather than numbers.
By using a descriptive qualitative design, the researcher analysed the phenomenon of autistic person including the kind of responses and the features of
autistic person experienced by the main character in the film Temple Grandin. Therefore, the researcher described the phenomenon in the film Temple Grandin
in order to get better understanding.
B. Data and Source of the Data
The object of this research is a movie entitled Temple Grandin. The data in this study were collected from the utterances spoken by Temple Grandin as the
main character in this film. This research deals with the context of conversation that was seen from the dialogues in Temple Grandin. The source of data is the
script of
the movie.
The script
was taken
from: http:www.springfieldspringfield.co.ukmovie_script.php?movie=temple-grandin.
C. Research Instruments
The research involves two instruments showing the analysis. The main instrument of this research is the researcher herself. According to Bogdan and
Biklen in Wiersma and Jurs, 2009:236, the researchers should keep written accounts of their own thoughts about the data that were collected. The secondary
instrument is the tables as the data sheets.
D. Data Collecting Techniques
The researcher used some steps in collecting the data. The steps are as follows.
1. The researcher collected the data by watching the movie and reading the script
2. The researcher took note Temple Grandin‟s utterances in the movie
3. The researcher compared Temple Grandin‟s utterances whether they are the
same as the movie script 4.
The researcher selected the data from the movie.
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