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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, the researcher will present the research methodology. Research methodology deals with the method used in reaching the goals of the
research. The goals of this research are to analyze the compliments expression in the dialog of the characters in the movie and the way the addressees respond to the
compliments.
A. Type of Research
This research belongs to a descriptive qualitative method, since this research is objected to collect the data, to analyze the data and to draw conclusion.
Surakhmad 1994:147 states that a descriptive method is a kind of research method using technique of searching, collecting, classifying, analyzing the data,
interpreting them, and finally drawing conclusion. Moreover, it is a qualitative research because this research aims at
describing a non-statistical or descriptive data. Sutopo 2002: 35 states that in qualitative method, data were collected in the forms of words, sentences or
pictures in which the meaning is more significant than numbers.
B. Data and Source of Data
Source of data refers to the subject from which the data are obtained Arikunto, 2002:107. Data themselves may appear in the form of discourse,
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sentences, clauses, phrases or words which can be obtained from magazines, newspaper, books, etc Subroto, 1992: 7.
In this research, the researcher employs the film entitled The Holiday as source of data. Meanwhile, the data in this research are the conversation
containing speech act compliments employed by the characters in the film entitled The Holiday including oral and written form. The film is chosen since the
characters in the film frequently employ speech act compliments.
C. Sample and Sampling Technique
In qualitative research, samples are not taken from the population since the selection is the intended to take the generalization of the population but to gain the
depth of information of the field of study. According to Sutrisno Hadi, sample is a part of representation of the data being observed 1983: 112, whereas, sampling
technique is the way used by the researcher to select the samples of the data Hadi, 1983: 75.
A total sampling technique was employed to get the samples of data. Therefore, the researcher takes all the conversations containing compliments in
the film entitled “The Holliday”
D. Research Procedures