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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
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findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other means of quantification. Tables and numbers in this research were used as tools to describe the phenomenon
under study hereinafter it is called as descriptive qualitative research Latief, 1999. The researcher applied discourse analysis in analyzing the data. In this
research, the researcher concerned with the use of women’s language features by a feminine male named Kurt Hummel. The data, that is Kurt Hummel’s speech, were
taken from Glee Television Series Season 1. The written transcripts were also used to help the researcher analyzed the data.
B. Research Instrument and Data Gathering Technique
In this research, the researcher is the primary instrument because the researcher decides the topic to be analyzed, chooses the instrument to collect data,
reads the documents, and selects the data. The researcher also interprets the data through analysis and writes the conclusion. This approach is in accordance with
Ary, Jacob, Sorensen, and Razavieh 2010, who state in qualitative studies, the investigator is the data gathering instrument whereas he or she reads the documents
and records the information in the field notes. To answer the research question of this research, the researcher searched the
related data from the books, journals, and trusted websites in the Internet. The data analyzed by the researcher were collected from Glee Television Series Season 1 and
its transcripts. Another instrument used by the researcher is the observation checklist
developed from Lakoff 1975 theories. Observation checklist is a list of items that PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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