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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Method of Study
This analysis will use descriptive qualitative approach. Nazir 2005:54 says “Metode penelitian deskriptif adalah suatu metode dalam meneliti status
sekelompok manusia, suatu objek, atau suatu set kondisi, suatu sistem pemikiran, ataupun suatu kelas peristiwa pada masa sekarang. Tujuan dari penelitian deskriptif
adalah untuk membuat deskripsi, gambaran atau lukisan secara sistematis, faktual dan akurat mengenai fakta-fakta, sifat-sifat serta hubungan antarfenomena yang
diselidiki.” Descriptive research method is a method in researching the status of a group of people, an object, or a set of condition, a system of thought, or a class of
events in the present. The purpose of descriptive research is to create a description, picture or a drawing in a systematic, factual and accurate information on the facts,
properties and relationships investigated among the phenomena Qualitative analysis can be defined as an analysis aimed at recognizing and
explaining the phenomena being analyzed.
3.2 Data and Data Source
The data of this analysis are taken from a movie entitled “I Am Sam” of which the duration is 118 minutes. The data are the utterances in the movie. But the
writer only chooses the data from the conversations which include Sam as a leading character in it.
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3.3 Method of Collecting Data
There are three methods of collecting data, i.e. interview, observation, and analysis on written documents such as quotation, notes, memorandums, publications
and official reports, diaries, and written answer to questioner and survey Suyanto, 1995:186. The method of collecting data used in this study can be classified into the
third method, i.e analysis on written documents. The data analyzed in this thesis were quoted from I Am Sammovie’s script which is in written form. At the first, the script
was searched to be analyzed. Then, the writer just took the the conversation which included Sam’s utterances as the data.
3.4 Data Analyses