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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, the methodology used to obtain the data of the research was discussed. There are six parts in this section. They are: research method,
research setting, research subject, instruments and data gathering technique, data analysis technique, and research procedure.
A. Research Method
This research was focused on the politeness strategy applied by Devabrata, the main character in Dewfall novel. The methodology was employed to find out
the answers of the two problems: 1 What are Devabrata’s politeness strategies applied in Dewfall? 2 What are the aspects that influence Devabrata’s choices of
politeness strategies in Dewfall? The research was a qualitative research because the data were in the form
of words and sentences. It was not dealing with numerical measurement or statistic procedure. Sutopo 2002 explains that in qualitative research, the data
collected were usually in form of words, sentences or pictures in which the meaning is more significant than number p. 35.
This research used linguistic information as the data. Dornyei 2007 states, “qualitative research involves data collection procedure that results
primarily in open ended, non-numerical data which is then analyzed primarily by non-statistical method” p. 24. So, this research does not use statistical procedure.
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B. Research Setting
Overall it took more than one year to completely finish this research and presented it. However during that one year period, I am not always doing the
research. For about eight months I spent it to read the novel, gather the data, and analyze the data. The analysis of Devabrata’s utterances in Dewfall took eight
months. It was started on February 2016 until September 2016. During those periods, I spent two and half months in analyzing the script. Finishing the
technical process of data tabulation in the two and half months, and also reading the novel, categorizing the Devabrata’s utterances, interpreting the data, and
writing the report. While due to certain circumstance, there is a time when I am not continuing my research at all. It is probably for about 3 months or more, I was
not so sure either. The last few months, on January and February 2017, I spent my time to finalized my research and prepared to present my report it in the thesis
defense.
C. Research Subjects
