CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1 Method of Research
There are some methods applied in this research. Nawawi 1995:61 states that method is conducted in order to reach a goal. In this analysis, a descriptive –
qualitative method is used. As quoted from Bungin 2001:124-125, “Data kualitatif diungkapkan dalam kalimat serta uraian – uraian, bahkan dapat berupa cerita
pendek”. Qualitative data is applied in sentence and description, even in short story. Descriptive – qualitative method is used in order to explain and describe the
data. Descriptive method is a way in solving a problem by describing the facts of subject object of research as the way they are.
In this analysis, the library research method is applied also. Nawawi 1993:30 “penelitian kepustakaan dilakukan dengan cara menghimpun data dari
berbagai literature baik di perpustakaan maupun tempat – tempat lain ”. Library research is done by collecting the data from any kinds of source in the library or any
other places. All the information about cultural terms from linguistic books, internet, dictionary and any other source are also used.
3.2 Source of Data
Azwar 2004 states the data is group of objects that are going to be generalized by the result of research data adalah kelompok subjek yang hendak
dikenai generalisasi hasil penelitian.
Sample is part of population. The non-probability sampling approaches used in this study is purposive sampling because only cultural terms which are trying to be
found in the SL and TL. This sampling approach is practical and economical to use. The sample in this thesis is cultural terms in the subtitling of “Memoirs of a Geisha”
movie that consist of 15 cultural terms.
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3.2 Method of Collecting Data
Data collection method used in this study, are as follows: 1. The writer watches the whole movie.
2. The writer takes the samples of data. Tabulate the data into tables and decides the categories with its the meaning into Indonesian.
3. The writer draws some conclusions.
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CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTION AND FINDING
4.1 Data Description