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After classifying Kurt’s utterances, the researcher analyzes why he uses those features in his speech. In analyzing the reasons, the researcher also uses the
Lakoff’s theory on women’s language features. In the process of selecting, classifying, and analyzing Kurt’s utterances, the example of each feature is
provided by the researcher. Other theories of women’s language by other experts such as Holmes, femininity and masculinity, and language and gender outlined in
the previous subchapter are used to support the finding. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, the researcher explains the methodology that is used to answer the research question of this study. There are three sections in this chapter
. The first section is research method that explains the methodology used by the
researcher in conducting this research. Then, the second section is research instrument and data gathering technique that explain the kinds of instruments the
researcher used and how the researcher gathered the data for this research. The last is data analysis technique section that discusses how the researcher analyzed the
data to answer the research questions.
A. Research Method
The goal of this research is to identify the women’s language features that are used by Kurt Hummel’s character in Glee Television Series Season 1. Women’s
language features are a part of gender and language issues studied in sociolinguistics. In this research, the researcher analyzes the data from
sociolinguistic perspective. Sociolinguistics studies the relation between language and society Holmes, 2013. Trudgill 1974 also says that sociolinguistics is the
field that studies the uses of language and the social structures in which the users of language live.
The research was conducted by applying qualitative research. Strauss and Corbin 1998 define qualitative research as any type of research that produces
