The Research Framework RESEARCH METHOD

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

3.1. The Research Framework

This research is done in the framework of a qualitative descriptive research type. Qualitative researches are based on the assumption that reality is the result of interactions between men. Reality is not what is out there in the ‘real world’; reality is what men make out of the so-called the real world. Men use symbols particularly language to interact, to communicate these “reality” or meaning, between them. Therefore to get the meaning of the real world, any researcher is to study these symbols in the environment they are used; and how they are used in the interaction between men. This viewpoint is introduced and maintained by the school of thought in social sciences that is called symbolic interactionists. The leading figures in symbolic interactionists are Dewey, Cooley, Parks, Mead, and particularly Blumer, who is regarded as the founder of this school of thought Berg 2007: 8. This symbolic interactionists’ view corresponds to the nature of this research. The writer seeks to establish the ways the presidents make reality out of ‘the real world’ and how they communicate their realities in their interaction with their audiences using linguistic symbols resources available in English. To do this, the writer uses the Attitude sub-system of Appraisal Theory to analyse appraisal elements in the inaugural speeches and to uncover the realitiesmeaning communicated by the p d f Machine I s a pdf w r it e r t ha t pr oduce s qua lit y PD F file s w it h e a se Produce quality PDF files in seconds and preserve the integrity of your original docum ents. Com patible across nearly all Windows platform s, if you can print from a windows application you can use pdfMachine. Get yours now Universitas Sumatera Utara presidents. This obtaining meaning purpose corresponds to Berg’s explanation that qualitative researches “… allow researches to share in their understandings and perceptions of others and to explore how people structure and give meaning to their daily lives. Researches using qualitative techniques examine how people learn about and make sense of themselves and others” op.cit: 8-9. As for the nature of its qualitative-ness, this research is descriptive in that it describes the appraisals in the texts as they are without any further action such as comparing or contrasting; it delimitates itself only as a description of the phenomena being researched.

3.2. The Data