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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Method
The analysis in this study uses descriptive method. Sudaryanto 1993:62 said that descriptive method is a research which is only executed based on the fact.
Its qualitative research links with the research data which are not the numeral but the words and phrase. Related to that, descriptive method is the way to find out the
accurate facts by having the right interpretation, and solving the problem accurately.
3.2 Data and Data Source
In this study, the data are the utterances which consist conversational implicatures, and the data source is the dialogues in the script of Sherlock – A Study
in Pink TV Series written by Steve Moffat which are uttered by Sherlock, John, Mike, Mycroft, Molly, Donovan, Anderson, and the Killer. The writer searches the
transcription of Sherlock – A Study in Pink TV Series which lasts for 87 minutes is taken from a website which provides subtitles of movies, that is subscene.com.
Sherlock – A Study in Pink tells about a serial killer which is arranged by a taxi driver. The story begins with three people died by the same way, that was drunk
a poison. In one morning, John Watson met Sherlock to talk about sharing the flat. Then they met again a day after in 221B Baker Street in the central of London, the
address of the flat. In that day, there was already the fourth suicide and Sherlock was called to solve this case, he asked John to come with him to the crime scene. The
victim was a woman who wore a pink outfit. By his skill of deduction, Sherlock
18 finally could catch the murderer who was a cab driver. The writer chooses the series
because the main character who is the detective produces many implicatures, which may make it difficult to understand the series. Beside many people in over two
hundred territories watch the series.
3.3 Data Collecting Method
The data are collected by applying observation method. According to Mahsun 2005:92 observation method is the way to collect data by scrutinizing the
using of the speaker’s language. The method has basic technique that is tapping technique.
The data are taken from the video and the script of Sherlock: A Study in Pink written by Steven Moffat. In collecting data, writer makes the transcription after
watching the series several times. In order to get the correct utterances, writer browses the internet to get the script and compare it with the real sound of the
characters’ utterances, then writes down the final data which will be analyzed.
3.4 Data Analysis Method
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