Theoretical Framework REVIEW OF LITERATURE
also an analysis of the result of the questionnaires from the respondents. The researcher only used Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Then, second,in
order to answer the second problem in understanding the semantic properties between British and American different English words, the researcher using
componential analysis to find the features of the words and every definition in every word would be noted to show the similarities or differences among its
partner. This approach was used since all the data needed a clarification for the
meaning of the words itself, and the researcher first tried to find all the differences between American and British English words and categorized them into each part
then explained it. After analyzing those words that had been categorized, the researcher would formulate the features of the words by using the componential
analysis to show what was present and absent between those differences words. Below is the example of using the componential analysis that the researcher going
to use for the analysis of the problem formulation two.
Example: Cooker[+ gas]
[+ oven] [+ electricity]
[+ hob] [+ gas ring]
Stove [+ gas]
[+ oven] [+ electricity]
[+ hob] [+ gas ring]