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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
In conducting this research, it is important for a researcher to determine the research method that researcher would like to use. This chapter will discuss the
research method used in this research including research design, unit of analysis, and source of data, collection and technique of data analysis.
3.1 Research Design
This study is descriptive research that is intended to describe Register in speech of Barrack Obama Victory Speech. As Isaac and Michael
1981:42 state “ Descriptive method has purpose to describe systematically a situation of area of interest factually
and accurately “. This qualitative research is a procedure of research, in which the
collected data are not is statistic procedure. In this research, the collected data is soft data. It usually reacts in people description that is also not easy
done by statistic procedure. So this research is not only limited in collecting and arranging the data orderly, but also analysing the meaning of data.
3.2 Unit of Analysis
Unit of analysis in this research is every clause in Barrack Obama Victory Speech.
3.3 Source of Data
The data of this research are written data which are gathered from the speech entitled Barrack Obama Victory Speech. It was downloaded from
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http:alief.wordpress.com20081109download-pidato-kemenangan- obama. The data are all of the sentences in the Barrack Obama Victory
Speech. That speech did in the Chicago, Illinois on 6
th
November 2012.
3.4 Techniques of Data Collection
The steps of data collection of the study are as follows : 1.
Searching the data in the internet. The researcher browsed on the internet.
2. Choosing the data.
The researcher selected the appropriate data of speech then chose one of them.
3. Downloading the video and its transcript
The researcher downloaded the video of Barrack Obama Victory Speech as well as the script of its speech.
3.5 Techniques of Data Analysis
The researcher uses the qualitative method in analyzing the data. The steps are as follows:
1. Reading the speech transcript
Reading the speech transcript was the first step of data analysis. It was used to get the idea and to know what was the speech transcript about,
to know who was involved in. 2.
Segmenting the data in the form of clause From the speech transcript, all the utterances produced by the
speaker.
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3. The clauses were analyzed in term of transitivity system.
4. After the clauses were analyzed in term of transitivity, the second step is in
terms of mood. 5.
The last step is analyzing in term of theme and rheme. 6.
Next, classifying register variables of every clause found in the speech transcript and discussing the contextual description of each variables using
the theories of Systemic Functional Linguistics provided by David Butt. 7.
Finally, interpreting the data. The way the researcher analyzed register variables using the
theories of Systemic Functional Linguistics provided by David Butt which is showed in figure 3.1. It is provided to satisfy the curiosity of the reader
about register realization. The figure explains the way analyzing data so that the reader can get the right framework about the way register
realization is applied according to the theories written by David Butt.
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CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS
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