A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF PRESUPPOSITION FOUND IN THE CONJURING MOVIE

Umar, Taufiq. 2018. A Pragmatics Analysis of Presupposition Found in The
Conjuring Movie. Thesis Proposal. Undergraduate Program. Mercu Buana
University of Yogyakarta. Advisor: Elysa Hartati, S.Pd., M.Pd
Keyword: Pragmatics, Presupposition, The Conjuring Movie
The objectives of this research are describing the types of presupposition and
interpreting the implied meaning of the presupposition through characters’
utterance in the movie entitle The Conjuring. Yule’s theory of presupposition and
context are used to answer the research questions in this research.
This research was a qualitative study. The object of this research was The
Conjuring movie that released in 2013. The data of this research were taken from
the conversation between the character’s utterances in the movie and the data
analysis was conducted by classifying and analyzing according to Yule’s theory.
Meanwhile, in order to interpret the implied meaning of the data of presupposition,
the writer considered the context to interpret the implied meaning of the
presupposition.
The findings of the research were as follows: all Yule’s types of
presupposition were found in this research. The first type was lexical
presupposition. Lexical presupposition was the most-occurred in this study with 9
data of 23 or data gained in this movie. The second type presupposition that often
occurred was existential presupposition with 6 data found in this study. The third
type presupposition occurred in this study was factive presupposition which 3 data
found in this study. The fourth type presupposition occurred in this study was nonfactive presupposition with 2 data of 23 data presupposition found. The fifth type
presupposition occurred was structural presupposition with 2 data found of all 23
data found in this study. The last type of presupposition occurred in this study was
counter- factual presupposition. The writer only found 1 datum of counter- factual
presupposition of 23 data found in this study.