CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Method
In order to conduct the research systematically, there are some methods applied. Nawawi 1995: 61 states that method is a way which is conducted in order to
reach the goal. Library research is applied in this thesis in which a number of books about linguistics, morphology, affixes, and dictionary choice. As Nawawi 1993:30
says “penelitian kepustakaan dilakukan dengan cara menghimpun data dari berbagai literature baik di perpustakaan maupun tempat-tempat lain”. Library research is
carried out by accumulating all the data from various literatures either in library or in other places.
The information which is accumulated are about affixation and morphological process; its definition, theories, explanation with simple examples, and describing the
data detail.
3.2 Data Collecting Method
The data is gathered from the novel “A Tale of Two Cities By Charles Dickens”. The population is all affixes that found in selected pages of novel A Tale of
Two Cities. The novel started by page 7 and end on page 336. So the total of population is 329 pages. From the population, the samples are taken by using
systemic sampling presented by Coheran 1977:205. The samples can be selected by using a certain formula.
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The formula is:
N = Total number of population, n = Number of sample, and
K = Interval The object data consists of 45 chapters and 336 pages. However, 7 pages are
including the inside cover, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, introduction, and table of content. The novel started by page 7 and end with page 336. In total, there are
329 pages for the content of all chapters. Thus; N = n.k
329 = n.15 n = 329:15
n = 21,9 n = 22 rounded off upward
Therefore, the sample taken is 22 pages, started from page 7, 22, 37, 52, 67, 82, 97, 112, 127, 142, 157, 172, 187, 202, 217, 232, 247, 262, 277, 292, 307, and 322.
3.3 Data Analysis Method
In explaining the result of data analysis, descriptive method is applied in which all the results that are related to the object of data analysis in this thesis will be
described. As Nawawi 1993:27 says, “Metode deskriptif merupakan prosedur atau cara memecahkan masalah penelitian dengan memaparkan keadaan objek yang
sedang diselidiki sebagaimana adanya berdasarkan fakta-fakta yang aktual pada saat sekarang”. Descriptive method is a procedure or manner in solving the problem of an
N= n.k
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analysis by explaining the object which is being investigated towards the factual facts.
Therefore, the overall analysis will be systematically conducted by concentrating on the textual analysis with steps as follows:
1. Reading the novel A Tale of Two Cities By Charles Dickens repeatedly.
2. Identifying word by word which has affixes at selected pages.
3. Classifying the data into specific prefix and suffix .
4. Analyzing the data based on affixes categories.
5. Concluding the result of the analysis.
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CHAPTER IV A BRIEF STUDY OF AFFIXATION IN A TALE OF TWO CITIES
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