B.
Focus of the Study
This research is limited on syntactic characteristics of African American Vernacular English AAVE discussion which occur in Bad Boys II film which
produced by Columbia Pictures in year 2003.
C. Research Questions
This research uses research questions as follows: 1.
What types of AAVE‟s syntactic characteristics that occur in Bad Boys II movie?
2. Does the knowledge about types of AAVE‟s syntactic characteristics
result in the understanding of the movie?
D. Objectives of the Study
This research intends to know: 1.
The types of AAVE‟s syntactic characteristics that occur in Bad Boys II movie.
2. Deciding whether the knowledge about types of AAVE‟s syntactic
characteristics results in the understanding of the movie or not.
E. Significances of the Study
This research is expected to give a brief explanation about the usage of African American Vernacular English AAVE in entertainment until it can be
concluded as a reference to deepen the study toward AAVE itself. Beside that, this research is expected to give a brief explanation about African American
Vernacular English dialect to the society until they are attracted to watch the dialogues, films, and other interactions by Afro-American people until they can
learn their language and culture.
F. Research Methodology
1. Method
The method of the research is descriptive qualitative method. The collected data are analyzed by using the theory of AAVE‟s syntactic
characteristics. The research findings are exposed with the result of its analysis.
2. The Instrument of Research
The Instrument of this research is the writer himself.
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The writer watches the DVD, pays attention to the sentences which said by the actoractress by
comparing them with those in the script, writes down the sentences which presumed they have the syntactic characteristics of AAVE, uses the theory of
syntactic characteristics of AAVE in the theoretical framework to analize what types of the syntactic characteristics of AAVE which occur in those sentences,
and exposing the result of the data analysis.
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Muhammad Farkhan, Proposal Penelitian Bahasa dan Sastra, edisi revisi. Jakarta: Penerbit Adabia Press, 2011, p. 166.
3. Unit of Analysis
As the unit of analysis, the researcher uses Bad Boys II movie and its script those produced by Columbia Pictures in year 2003.
4. Data analysis
The data analysis process which will be done pass through some phases, there are: a the researcher looks for DVDVCD Bad Boys II movie
and it‟s script; b the researcher watches that DVDVCD while attends the sentences
those said by the actors by comparing them with those in the script; c the researcher writes down the sentences which said by the actorsactress that
presumed they have syntactic characteristics of AAVE; e the researcher uses the theory of syntactic characteristics of AAVE in the theoretical framework
to analize what types of the syntactic characteristics of AAVE which occur in those sentences; f exposing the result of the data analysis.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Previous Research
