C. Method of the Study
This part aims to explain study methods. There are two means in conducting the study. The first means is to collect the data. The second means is to analyze the
data. The means are organized as follows:
1. Data collection
This research conducts a sample study. It covers five songs to be analyzed. The sample study that is used is the purposive sample. Teddlie and Yu restate the
argument of Tashakkori and Teddlie about purposive sampling which is “a technique
which involves selecting certain units or cases based on a specific purpose rather than randomly” 2003: 80. It means that the research takes samples with a certain
purpose. Its purpose is to analyze the grammar errors on two different themes in Will I Am
’s songs. Moreover, the research aims to find out the factors that contribute to the errors through his style of language from each album, soundtrack, and single.
There are three steps of collecting the data. Firstly, the writer opened the site of www.azlyrics.com to look for the song lyrics that would be analyzed. The writer
identified the song lyrics one by one. The lyrics that were selected were categorized into two types. Its function is to compare both types of lyrics. It helps to find out the
factors that contribute to the errors. The writer got three lyrics that have a high degree of grammatical errors and two lyrics that have a low degree of grammatical errors.
Then, the writer matched the lyrics with their songs to reassure the fact of lyrics. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Secondly, the writer marked each sentence, clause, and phrase that contained the grammar errors. The writer made tables to organize the data. The tables are aimed
to help the writer to classify the errors. The tables are divided into two linguistic features that are morphology and syntax. The tables are classified into the language
categories and their own types of errors. Lastly, the writer attempted to find out the factors that contributed to
grammatical errors. The data were organized through a table of the English construction of African American Vernacular English. The tables were aimed to find
out parts of sentences that are influenced by the vernacular. The organized data would be connected to the background of Will I Am. The table aims to show that Will I Am
uses African American Vernacular English on some of his lyrics.
2. Data analysis
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