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an observer is going to look for when observing the data. The observation checklist helped the researcher to classify and note the features used by Kurt Hummel in Glee
Television Series Season 1.
Table 3.1 The Observation Checklist of Women’s Language Features Used by Kurt Hummel in Glee Television Series Season 1
No Utterance
Women’s Language Features LHF
TQ R
EA C
I HG
SP SS
ES
Table 3.1 was the observation checklist used by the researcher in classifying the data. It contains
Kurt’s utterances in Glee Television Series Season 1 and ten women’s language features proposed by Lakoff 1975. It was used by the
researcher by giving a tick to a suitable feature column for each utterance. LHF= lexical hedgesfillers
TQ= tag question R= raising intonation on declaratives
EA= ‘empty’ adjectives C= precise color terms
I= intensifier HG= ‘hypercorrect’ grammar
SP= ‘superpolite’ forms SS= avoidance of strong swear words
ES= emphatic stress
The researcher analyzed Kurt Hummel’s speeches in Glee Television Series 1, which included twenty-two episodes. First, the researcher looked for all episodes
in season 1 and its transcripts. Next, the researcher watched the television series and read the transcripts at the same time to select and collect Kurt Hummel’s
utterances. Then, the utterances were classified based on Lakoff’s theory, and the
findings were analyzed by the researcher. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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C. Data Analysis Technique
In this research, the data analysis technique was done in some steps. First, the researcher observed Kurt Hummel in some episodes of Glee Television Series
Season 1. The episodes that have been chosen were representing how Kurt Hummel use women’s language features. Second, the researcher analyzed Kurt’s speech in
the selected episodes from the Glee Television Series Season 1 ’s transcripts. The
analysis would answer the research question that has been formulated in the first chapter.
In this step, the researcher used an observation checklist see Table 3.2 to analyze Kurt Hummel’s utterances in Glee Television Series Season 1. In
completing the table 3.2, the researcher identified the women’s language features that was used by Kurt by pacing a thick sign
√
. After completing the observation checklist, the researcher counted the frequency and the percentage of each feature
and put it into a table see Table 3.3. It is done to help the researcher explained of the findings.
Table 3.2 Observation Checklist No
Utterance Women’s Language Features
LH F
TQ R
EA C
I HG
SP SS
ES
1. That was good, right?
√
2.
I’m madly in love with Finn.
√
3. Well, hello, Finn Hudson.
√
4.
I guess you and I will be roommates, with Mom and
Dad cohabitating upstairs by midterms.
√
5.
The palate in here is totally unflattering to your skin
tone.
√
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The table above shows the observation checklist that used by the researcher to analyze the women’s language features of Kurt Hummel in Glee
Television Series Season 1. Women’s language features that is possible to be used
by Kurt consist of lexical hedgesfillers, tag questions, raising intonation on declaratives, empty adjectives, precise color terms, intensifiers, hypercorrect
grammar, superpolite forms, avoidance of strong swearwords, and emphatic stress.
Table 3.3 Women’s Language Features used by Kurt Hummel No
Features of Womens Language
The Frequency of Each Feature
The Percentage of Each Feature
1 Lexical HedgesFillers
2 Tag Questions
3 Raising Intonation on
Declaratives 4
Empty Adjectives 5
Precise Color Terms 6
Intensifiers 7
Hypercorrect Grammar 8
Superpolite Forms 9
Avoidance of Strong Swear Words
10 Emphatic Stress
Total Features
Table 3.3 shows the frequency and percentage of each feature that Kurt used in his speech in Glee Television Series Season 1. After the table was complete, the
researcher validated the data to researcher’s advisor, Truly Almendo Pasaribu, and
a native speaker, Erik Hookom. The researcher validated the data to researcher’s
advisor because she is an expert in linguistics. And, the researcher validated the data to a native speaker to make sure that the utterances classifications belong to
the right features. After validating the data, the researcher used it to answer the research question.
