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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This part is arranged into three parts. They are object of the study, approach of the study, and method of the study. The object of the study elaborates linguistic features that will be analyzed based on the data. The approach of the study explains what kinds of approaches that are used to analyze the linguistic features. The method of the study defines the ways of collecting and analyzing the data.

A. Object of the Study

The object in the research focuses on song lyrics by Will I Am. He has produced a lot of songs, such as “Feeling My Self”, “I Like to Move It”, and “The Travelling Song ”. His songs are famous in America. There are several aspects that influence the formation of lyrics. The constructions of word, phrase, clause, and sentence violate the American English rule. In order to analyze the grammatical errors in Will I Am ’s songs, there are four language elements that are analyzed. The errors overwhelm the analysis of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. In the analysis of words, the writer observes the errors of lexical formations in phrases and sentences. The example is the man feet. According to the case, there is a grammatical error of word formation on a phrase the man. It should be added suffix „s on the word man to mark the possessive case. In addition, the errors of phrases, clauses, and sentences can be caused by two factors. The first factor is by evaluating the misconstruction of certain parts within their grammatical construction. It can be seen through a verb phrase he in the water. In this case, there is an omission of verb part towards the phrase. The second factor is by observing the mistakes in arranging the sentence construction. The example can be seen through the sentence I know what is it. In this case, the construction is incorrect because it aims to refer the statement form. Thus, it should be I know what it is.

B. Approach of the Study

This research applies morphological and syntactical approaches as the groundwork of analysis for the classification of errors. The morphology deals with the analysis of lexical formations. However, the syntax study deals with the analysis of phrase, clause, and sentence constructions. The main purpose of both studies is to find out the errors and their process on Will I Am ’s songs. The morphological and syntactical studies provide the types of error categories. In addition, a sociolinguistic approach aims to find out the causes of grammatical errors. The causes are seen through the background of Will I Am. This approach is supplied in the analysis to prove how the language construction of Will I Am works. This approach provides several categories to identify the identical language style of Will I Am. Thus, the analysis can be related to the existence of grammatical errors in his songs. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI

C. Method of the Study