OBJECT OF THE STUDY APPROACH OF THE STUDY

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methodology used in this research. The writer used certain methodology to conduct this study, and this chapter provides the object of the study, the approach of the study and the description of the procedures used in data collection and data analysis.

A. OBJECT OF THE STUDY

The object of this study are the utterances consist of code mixing. As mentioned previously, this study analyzed the use of code mixing in the utterances spoken by Indonesian Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti as seen in Mata Najwa February 11, 2015. By collecting all the utterances spoken by Susi Pudjiastuti consisting code mixing, the writer classified the data into the table to find the reasons of using code mixing and the types of code mixing.

B. APPROACH OF THE STUDY

In this research the writer used a sociolinguistics approach. The writer chose sociolinguistics approach because this approach is appropriate with the topic of the research. As mentioned previously, the topic of this research is about code mixing. Since code mixing is used in communication, the approach of this study belongs to sociolinguistics approach. Based on the statement given by Holmes, sociolinguistics is concerned with the relationship between language and the context in which it is used 2001:1. Sociolinguistics not only discusses PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI language, but also discusses and learns it relation with the society or community. In other words, sociolinguistics is the study of the ways people use language in social interaction. As stated by Spolsky: Sociolinguistics is the field that studies the relation between language and society, between the use of language and the social structures in which the users of language live. It is a field of study that assumes that human society is made up of many related patterns and behaviors, some of which are linguistics 2010:3. Based on the explanation above, the writer used sociolinguistics approach because sociolinguistics is a study of language in society. Besides, code of language is one of linguistics scopes of studies. Dealing with this research, this approach supports the writer to answer the problems stated in problem formulation.

C. Method of the Study