AN ANALYSIS OF PRESUPPOSITION ON THE DIALOGUES IN BAHASA INGGRIS TEXTBOOK FOR 12TH GRADE STUDENTS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

The aims of this research were to classify the types of presupposition and analyze the meaning of presupposition on the dialogues in Bahasa Inggris textbook for 12th grade students of Senior High School. This research used content analysis and a qualitative descriptive approach. The data were analyzed by coding, classifying, and analyzing. The primary data were taken from dialogues in Bahasa Inggris textbook for 12th grade students of Senior high School. The data was collected by documentation. They were reading the textbook, highlighting the dialogue, taking note the dialogue, classifying the types of presupposition, and analyzing the meaning of presupposition. The results of this research showed that based on Yule’s theory, which divided into six types of presupposition, there were 35 data presuppositions. They were 10 structural presuppositions (28,57%), 9 existential presuppositions (25,71%), 6 counterfactual presuppositions (17,14%), 4 factive presuppositions (11,42%), 4 lexical presuppositions (11,42%), and 2 non-factive presuppositions (5,71%). Structural presupposition was the dominant type of presuppositions. While, the least-used type of presuppositions was non-factive presupposition. It can be concluded that the meaning of presuppositions in the dialogue is gained by analyzing the context sentences. Presuppositions are used to make easier for the interlocutor to comprehend the speaker’s meaning