CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
In this study, the writer uses some steps relating to the ways to conduct the research. The method then would be explained in several points, such as research
method, data and source of data, and data analysis.
3.1 Research Method
In order to conduct the research systematically, there are some methods applied. Library research is applied in this thesis in which a number of books about
linguistics, morphology, and Oxford dictionary have been selected. As Nawawi 1993:30 says “penelitian kepustakaan dilakukan dengan cara menghimpun data
dari berbagai literatur 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 accumulated is about morphological process; its definition, theories, explanation with simple examples, and the
description of data.
3.2 Data and Source of Data
In this thesis, the writer chose word forms as the data of this analysis due to the topic of this study. The source of data in this thesis was taken from the novel
“The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel was written in nine chapters in 1925. The data are collected from the selected chapters namely from
chapter 4 until chapter 6 of the novel. The writer chose these chapters by using purposive sampling Sutopo, 2006:64 because the data were taken not to be
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representative, but to generalize the analysis and theory for a particular purpose. This sampling is usually done because of several considerations such as limited time,
energy, and fund.
3.3 Data Analysis
In explaining the result of data analysis, descriptive method is applied in which all the results related to the object of data analysis will be described. As stated
by Nawawi 1993:27, “Metode deskriptif adalah prosedur atau cara memecahkan masalah penelitian dengan memaparkan keadaan objek yang sedang diseliiki
sebagaimana adanya berdasarkan fakta-fakta yang aktual pada saat sekarang.” Descriptive method is a procedure or manner in solving the problem by explaining
the object which is being investigated towards the factual facts. . Therefore, the analysis will be systematically conducted by concentrating on
the content analysis Sutopo, 2006:81 that only focused on the data found in the novel with steps as follows:
1. Reading the selected chapters of the novel The Great Gatsby repeatedly. 2. Identifying word by word formed by the morphological process by underlining the
words. 3. Listing and classifying the data into the types of morphological process.
4. Grouping the data based on specific morphological process. 5. Identifying the most dominant morphological process found in the novel by using
this certain formula:
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x 100 = N
X = number of particular type of morphological process Y = number of all data
N = percentage of the morphological process
6. Concluding the result based on the findings of the analysis.
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