Data Collection Techniques RESEARCH METHOD

F. Data Trustworthiness

The researcher employed triangulation technique to create data trustworthiness. According to Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009:179, triangulation is a method of using more than one methodology to address the same question in order to create or develop the validity and reliability of the research data. There are four types of triangulation. They are data triangulation, investigator triangulation, methods triangulation, and theory triangulation. In order to gain reliability of the data, this research employed an investigator triangulation. By using investigator triangulation, the researcher used more than one investigator to investigate the data. The researcher discussed and consulted the data with his supervisors. Furthermore, the researcher also asked other linguistics students to triangulate the data. Moreover, theory triangulation was also achieved by using multiple theories in the process of data analysis and data interpretation. Searle’s theories on speech act and politeness theories from Brown and Levinson were used as the main theories to identify, analyze, and interpret the data. 36

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

A. Findings

This section presents the findings of the analysis of politeness strategies of commands performed by Vanessa Keller and Darius Hayes in The Lottery TV Series. The data were classified based on the three research objectives: to identify the types of politeness strategies, to describe the realizations of each politeness strategies, and to identify the factors which initiate the performance of politeness strategies. This research reveals 30 data based on the utterances of Vanessa and Darius. Vanessa performs 20 utterances and Darius performs 10 utterances as presented in Table 2. The table presents the frequency of occurrence of types, realizations, and factors of politeness strategies. Table 2. The frequency of occurrence of types, realizations, and factors of politeness strategies performed by Vanessa and Darius in The Lottery TV Series Types : Factor : BR : Bald on Record D : Social Distance OR : Off Record P : Relative Power PP : Positive Politeness R : Ranking of Imposition NP : Negative Politeness Speaker Types and the Realization Total Data Factor Total Data BR OR PP NP D P R NM CI VA CG PC BD PA AC SW Vanessa 11 3 3 3 20 7 12 1 20 Darius 3 1 4 2 10 9 1 10 Total 14 4 9 3 30 7 21 2 30