Research Setting Research Subject Instrument and Data Gathering Technique

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B. Research Setting

The writer of this study spent 10 months analyzing the use of Brown and Levinson’s politeness strategies in Twilight movie. The technical process included compiling the politeness theories, analyzing the movie script, identifying the utterances related to speaking politeness, categorizing the main characters’ utterances based on Brown and Levinson 1987 politeness strategies, analyzing the politen ess factors affecting the characters’ choice of politeness strategies based on Brown and Levinson’s theory 1987, and writing up the report of the study. Since the study does not deal with a field study or human interaction, the research setting was varied, such as home, library, cafe, and anywhere as long as an internet connection was available.

C. Research Subject

Twilight movie was the research subject in this study, in which the characters’ utterances where taken as the data. There were twenty three characters in the movie. However, the writer only took four characters from the movie as the research subjects. The main characters were Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Charlie Swan, and Jessica Stanley. The main focus of this study was the use of Brown and Levinson’s politeness strategies in the movie. Besides, Twilight movie also portrays the situation involved the main characters that employed the politeness strategies. It provides examples on the use of politeness strategies and leads the writer to analyze the factors influencing the characters’ choice of politeness strategies. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 48

D. Instrument and Data Gathering Technique

There was one instrument used in the study. The instrument of the research was the movie script of Twilight movie. The movie script was the document that needed as the material of qualitative research. A document was an artefact which has as its central feature an inscribed text Scott, 1990. Miles and Huberman 1994 explain that documents could be public records, textbook, letters, films, tapes, diaries, themes, reports and so on. The writer selected some utterances made by the four main characters containing politeness strategy from the script. The utterances were used to analyze the first research problem: 1 Which politeness strategies are used by the main characters in Twilight movie? The second reseach problem: 2 What are the factors influencing the choice of politeness strategies used by the main characters in Twilight movie? The utterances were categorized based on Brown and Levinson’s 1987 politeness strategies. Additionaly, the factors influencing the characters’ choice of politeness strategies were analyzed based on Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory. In supporting the process of data analysis and collection, the writer employed information taken from books, journals, and internet. Hence, the supporting instruments used in conducting the research are laptop, headset, and note cards or field notes. 49

E. Data Analysis Technique