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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Type

This research was conducted by using mixed method, a combination of qualitative and quantitative method. Since the objectives of the research were to describe the types; realizations; and responses of impoliteness strategies, this research was included as descriptive qualitative research which the researcher described the phenomena of impoliteness in Paranorman movie by interpreting the data. In accordance to Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009: 7, they state that literal description of the phenomena under study is produced by qualitative research. It means that qualitative research focuses on describing or explaining the phenomenon naturally. The researcher figures out the meaning behind the phenomena by describing it. Moreover, according to Berg 2001: 3, a qualitative research refers to meanings, ideas, explanations, characteristics, and descriptions of objects. The detailed explanation about certain phenomenon which wants to be analyzed can be gained through qualitative method. This can be seen through the characteristic and context of the phenomenon. Meanwhile, this research also used quantitative data to show the number of the percentage of occurrences of each characteristic. As stated by Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009: 7 quantitative research concerns with statistical assignment in certain phenomena of the study. By using quantitative method, the researcher could gain the detailed result in the form of the number of the percentage. Moreover, the findings in frequency or percentage can support the researcher’s interpretation. The researcher could give her interpretation to the highest and lowest frequency used by the characters in the movie. Hence, it could help the researcher found the conclusion of the data completely.

B. Form, Context, and Source of Data

Denscombe 2009: 272 says that the data of qualitative research are in the form of words spoken or written and visual images which are analyzed or imaginatively produced. Every qualitative datum has different forms according to the object of the research. The data used in this research were in the form of utterances spoken by the characters in Paranorman movie, while the contexts of the data were dialogues. The sources of this research were the script of the dialogues spoken by the characters in Paranorman movie and the video of the movie. In this research, the script was taken from a reliable internet source, i.e. http:www.google.co.idurl?sa=trct=jq=esrc=ssource=webcd=1ved=0 CB0QFjAAurl=http3A2F2Fgointothestory.blcklst.com2Fwp- content2Fuploads2F20142F072FParaNorman.pdfei=zow1VbikN5Xr8A Wet4CYDwusg=AFQjCNFzRijIapBJPJ9YVS5-ZmacE6YI- Asig2=VE37Jx_YTAmV6f-HjSzztw

C. Research Instruments