CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Methodology
This thesis is compiled by using library research. It is applied by reading and studying some books concerned with the topic of the problem such as a
number of books about linguistics, semantics and figurative expressions which are studied in the library or another places.
As stated by Nawawi 1993 : 30, “Penelitian kepustakaan library research, kegiatan penelitian in dilakukan maupun di tempat-tempat lain. Literatur yang
dipergunakan tidak terbatas hanya pada buku dengan menghimpun data dari berbagai literatur, baik di perpustakaan -buku, tetapi juga dapat berupa bahan-
bahan dokumentasi, majalah-majalah, koran-koran, dan lain-lain.” 3.2 Population and Sample
Arikunto 1987 : 9 says that population is a group of individuals or items to be analyzed. The population of a research can be people, social phenomenon.
Language or other things that are relevant to the analysis. On this occasion, the population of the research in this thesis are all the expressions that have figurative
meaning in Ecclesiastes. While, in term of sample, purposive sampling is conducted to determine the
sample in this thesis. Arikunto in Saleh 2008 : 33 says “Sampel bertujuan adalah tehnik sampling yang dipergunakan oleh seorang peneliti jika peneliti tersebut
mempunyai pertimbangan-pertimbangan tertentu didalam pengambilan sampelnya.” The sample of the research in this thesis is all the expressions that
have figurative meaning that exist in Ecclesiastes.
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3.3 Data Collecting
In collecting data, Arikunto 1996 : 234 says tha documentation method is performed in thesis in which the data of the research. And the data in this thesis
are from the written material that is Ecclesiastes.
3.4 Data Analysis Method
In analyzing the data in this thesis, descriptive method is applied in which all the fact that are related to the object of the analysis in this thesis will be
described. Nawawi 1993 : 27 says “Metode deskriptif adalah prosedur atau cara memecahkan masalah penelitian dengan memaparkan keadaan objek yang sedang
diselidiki sebagaimana adanya berdasarkan fakta-fakta yang aktual pada saat sekarang. Descriptive method is a procedure or manner in solving the problems
by explaining the object which is being investigated towards the factual facts. In analyzing the data,there are some procedures to be done. They are as
follows: 1.
Figurative expressions which are found in Ecclesiastes will be determined 2.
All the figurative expressions in Ecclesiastes will be determoned based on the types.
3. After identifying all data, a percentage value will be set up for each kind of
figurative expressions based on the following formula Bungin, 2005 : 171-172
n = fx X 100 N
n = the percentage of one kind of figurative expressions fx = individual fruquency one kind of figurative expressions
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N = number of occurance all kinds of figurative expressions
After calculating the data in percentage, the most dominant figuratibe expression to the least dominant one will be determined. All figurative expression
will be analyzed based on semantics theory. Having analyzed all the data, some conclusion will be conclude based on the result of the analysis.
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CHAPTER IV AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE EXPRESSION FOUND IN
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