The Analysis of Presupposition in ?Fantastic Beast :The Secret of Dumbledore?

Abstract

Presupposition, a key concept in pragmatics, involves the assumptions
speakers hold as true before making a statement. Presupposition is a concept
that can be observed in various forms of media, including entertainment
media. One of the most favourite entertainment media for humans is movies.
Therefore, the researcher intends to analyse the presupposition in the movie "
Fantastic Beast: The Secret of Dumbledore. The objectives of this research
were to (1) categorise and explain the type of presupposition triggers
contained in the character?s utterances in ?Fantastic Beast: The Secret of
Dumbledore? movie and (2) describe and explain the dominant type of
triggers of presupposition contained in the character?s utterances in ?Fantastic
Beast: The Secret of Dumbledore? movie. The research was designed using
the qualitative method with a content analysis design. The information was
collected from literary works. Data analysis was conducted using Creswell?s
Theory. The Fantastic Beast: The Secret of Dumbledore script and film serve
as the source of the data for this study. The researcher collected the data based
on the utterances of the movie's character. there are 10 of 13 triggers of
presupposition consisting of 52 data definite descriptions, 7 data factive
verbs, 3 data change of state verbs, 2 data iterative, 1 data verb of judging, 1
data temporal clause, 1 data cleft sentence, 2 data comparisons and contrast,
1 data counterfactual conditionals, and 27 data questions that can be found in
the ?Fantastic Beast: The Secret of Dumbledore?.