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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter presents the research approach that applied. It presents the types of research, research instrument, form, contexts, and source of data. Then,
techniques of data collection, techniques of data analysis and data trustworthiness also clarify in this chapter.
A. Types of the Research
This research uses descriptive-qualitative method because the main goals of this research are to describe the types, functions and context of maxim flouting
performed by the characters in Thank You for Smoking movie. According to Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009: 167 “the purpose of qualitative research is
more descriptive than predictive”. Therefore, descriptive-qualitative method is appropriate to apply in this study. Although it aims to describe, this research does
not only describe but also analyze and interpret the phenomena. The main advantage of qualitative research is that it provides a richer and more in-depth
understanding of the population under study Vanderstoep and Johnston, 2009: 8. In addition, to determine the percentage of the data and to support analyzing the
data, quantitative method is applied. Hence, this research also belongs to qualitative-quantitative research.
B. Research Instruments
In this research, there were two research instruments that were used. The first instrument is the primary instrument. Since the research deals with
interpretation, the primary instrument is the researcher as the key instrument. Here, the role of the researcher is very important. It is in line with Vanderstoep
and Johnston 2009: 211 who state that “the researcher is the interpreter of the selected text or texts”. She maintained the data, began from designing the data,
collecting, analyzing, interpreting it, up to reporting the result of the research. The secondary instrument is the instrument that helped the primary instrument in
collecting the data. In this research, the secondary instrument is the data sheet. Even though the data sheet is the secondary instrument, it also has fundamental
importance because it was used as the guidance in the process identification and analysis.
C. Form, Contexts and Source of Data
The data of this research are taken from Thank You for Smoking movie. The form of the data is the utterances of the main character in the movie that
reflected the language phenomena related to the topic. In his book, Griffiths 2006: 4 argues that utterances are the raw data of linguistics. Each utterance is
unique and has been produced by a particular sender in a specific situation. In addition, he explains that utterances are interpreted in context. In this research, the
context is the dialogue in Thank You for Smoking movie. For the source of data, there was Thank You for Smoking movie and its transcript.
D. Techniques of Data Collection
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