The Method of Study The Method of Collecting Data

CHAPTER III THE RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 The Method of Study

In writing this thesis, the writer did not conduct any field research though the thesis analyzes the use of language to express politeness strategy. Instead, the writer applied library research since all the data are in written form which were taken from http:www.raindance.co.uksitepictureuploadimagebooksTwilight. pdf. Then, the writer gathered some information from other relevant books which can provide ideas, concepts, definitions, and theories to do the study.

3.2 The Method of Collecting Data

There are three methods of collecting data, i.e. interview, observation, and analysis on written documents such as quotation, notes, memorandums, publications and official reports, diaries, and written answer to questioner and survey Suyanto, 1995:186. As the primary data analyzed in this thesis are quoted from Twilight movie’s script which is in written form, the method of collecting data used by the writer can be classified into the third method. As the first step of collecting data, the writer read the movie script once thoroughly. Then, she reread the script by focusing her attention on male and female characters who are mostly involved in the conversation. The writer found Universitas Sumatera Utara that the male characters that are mostly involved in conversation are Edward Cullen and Charlie Swan, while the female ones are Isabella Swan and Jessica Stanley. According to the four characters, it is found that there are three main conversations in the script, i.e.: 1 the conversation among the four characters 2 the conversation between each of the four characters and other characters 3 the conversation between other characters excluding the four characters mentioned above As the analysis on this thesis has to be limited, the scenes with no involvement of the four characters were ignored. The writer decided to read the script again and focus her attention on the scenes with conversations involving the four characters, both those are among the four characters and between the four characters with other characters. These conversations then were listed and numbered so that it is easier to analyze the data in the process of analyzing the data.

3.3 The Method of Analysis