28 The current study on respect and obedience is aimed at finding the linguistic
features and the strategies used. It is more or less similar to the studies mentioned, however it is limited to the act of gaining respect and obedience.
C. Theoretical Framework
The concepts of respect and obedience are the basic theories for the study. It assists to build the understanding of the two concepts of respect and obedience.
Both concepts are helpful to identify which utterance is obeyed and which one is disobeyed.
The theory on sentence consists the basic concepts of sentences and its categories. It is helpful to understand the identification of the types of sentences
and moods in the adult children communication. Further, it is used to categorize the utterances into their types of sentences and moods.
The context theory clarifies the understanding on the discourses between children and adults. Understanding the utterances in a discourse is inseparable
from the context of the discourse because different context will demand different understanding of utterances.
The theory of speech acts is valuable in interpreting the intention of the speaker and the perception of the hearer. Since the discussion is mostly about
telling others to do something, the utterances are speech acts. It is also used to define the communicative function of each utterance.
The politeness theories help to identify any deference or mitigation in the utterances. It deliberates not only with
the use of certain politeness marker‟s but also the use of other form of politeness. Face threatening acts contribute in
29 defining the utterances and the strategies used in saving the face. Control acts
strategies are used to identify the strategies used by the adults in the discourses.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the methodology applied in the study. It covers four parts, namely Types of Study, Data Source, Data Collection, and Data Analysis.
The type of the study elucidates the kind of the study conducted in the research. The data source consists of the main source of the data as the object of the study.
The data collection covers the way the data is collected and processed in the research. The data analysis comprises the steps taken to answer the questions
posed in Chapter I.
A. Types of Study
This research is a pragmatic study. Thomas proposes that pragmatics is the study of ‘meaning in interaction’ involving the negotiation of meaning between
speaker and hearer, the context of utterance physical, social, and linguistic and the meaning potential of an utterance quoted in Cameron 68. The study
describes the language use in gaining respect and obedience in adult – children
communication, especially in parents – children interaction. The discussion is on
the types of sentences, mood, and communicative function of the utterances. Further, it discusses the nonconventional strategies employed in the process of
gaining children’s respect and obedience.
B. Data Source
The data source was the recording of the reality show Nanny 911. Nanny 911 is a reality television show focusing on child parenting. It was broadcasted by the
