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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1. Research Method
The essential part in analyzing problem, especially in scientific study, is to have method of the analysis. To analyze this thesis entitle “An Analysis of Sentence
Structure in Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire”, the writer used library research that consists of collecting some books relate to the study and information from
internet. The books that the writer consulted are syntax books especially introduction to English Syntax by Jim Miller. After collecting and reading some books and information
from internet, finally the writer summarizing the data which have collected before.
3.2. Data Collecting Method
Having a method in collecting the data is necessary in accomplishing this thesis. In this thesis entitled An Analysis of Sentence Structure in Tennessee Williams’
A Streetcar Named Desire the writer applied Descriptive Qualitative method to make description accurately and systematically. The data of this thesis are declarative
sentences that found in the play “Streetcar Named Desire”. In the play there are 11 scenes but the writer chose 6 scenes purposively as down sample.
Bungin 2001:118 says “Teknik purposive sampling ini digunakan berdasarkan pengetahuan yang jeli terhadap populasi, maka unit-unit yang dianggap
‘kunci’, diambil sebagai sample penelitian.”This purposive sampling is used according to accurate understanding about population, therefore only the “key” are collected as
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research sample. He also stated that if the population consists of a large number, the sample will be taken depends on researcher’s capability. It will be 10 - 50 or more.
After reading the play, the writer obtained 373 sentences from scene 1 to scene 6. So the writer chose the least percentage
x 373 = 37. Thus, it is about 37 sentence structures that are portrayed in tree diagram.
The most frequent sentences type will be counted to put in the top of the table and followed by sentences which have less frequency by calculating the data in
percentage on following formula from Bungin. 2005: 171-172
FX = Individual frequency one type of sentences
N = Number of occurrence all type of sentences
3.3. Data Analyzing Method
The data analysis method applied in this research is content analysis method. Marshal 2009 stated that content analysis is a highly flexible research method
that has been widely used in library and information science LIS studies with varying research goals and objectives. According to Karyanto 2004 the steps of content
analysis are determining the object research, collecting the data, process of inferention, analyzing the data and conclusion.
Based on those explanation, the process of analyzing the data in this thesis are 1 Determining the object research. The object research of this thesis is the play “A
Streetcar Named Desire”. 2 Data Collecting. Data in this research is obtained through careful reading towards the play. 3 Data analyzing; in analyzing the sentences structure
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portrayed in tree diagram the writer used Chomsky, Robert and Ronald Theory. 4 Conclusion and writing research report.
CHAPTER IV THE ANALYSIS OF DATA FOUND
IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
In this chapter the writer will analyze type of sentences, sentence structures portrayed in tree diagrams, and the characteristics of the play. Before analyzing more
deeply about those data above, the writer described types of sentences and its total numbers of each sentence in the table below.
NO Types of Sentences
Scene Total
1 2
3 4
5 6
1 Simple Sentence
52 32
50 23
36 12
205 2
Compound Sentence 9
4 8
6 -
8 35
3 Complex Sentence
25 35
25 7
2 12
107 4
Compound – Complex Sentence
9 6
- 2
3 6
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TOTAL
373
4.1. The Types of Sentences
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