Form, Context, and Source of Data Techniques of Data Collection
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researcher of this research applied triangulation method, i.e. the cross-validation of qualitative analysis Wiersma, 2009: 287. It approves the sufficiency of the
data in the research. Below are the two kinds of triangulation used in this research. 1.
Investigator Triangulation Doing investigator triangulation, the researcher applied peer correction.
Other observers investigated the findings of the research found by the researcher. Here, the researcher conducted the triangulation of the data with two students
having the same major as the researcher in English Language and Literature Study Program.
2. Theory Triangulation
Theory triangulation in this research was conducted by using multiple theories in the process of analyzing and interpreting the data. Each single set of
data was interpreted by using three different theories related to maxim flouting. Those theories were the theory of Grice, Grundy, and Leech.
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