Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science and Education (ICoeSSE 2023)

An Analysis of Presupposition Used in Dialogues of “Pathway to English” Textbook

Authors
Rita Erlinda1, *, Wahyu Milsa Mursyida1, Zetra Sivila Agamas1, Utari Dewanti1
1Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar, Tanah Datar, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: ritaerlinda@uinmybatusangkar.ac.id
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Rita Erlinda
Available Online 17 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-142-5_43How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Dialogue; ELT Textbook; Pathway to English; Pragmatic Competence; Presupposition
Abstract

The present study aims to investigate types of presuppositions employed in dialogues of the Pathway to English textbook designed for 12th grade of Senior High School students. This research used qualitative descriptive method with content analysis design. The data were analyzed by using the theory proposed by Yule (1996). The study found out there were twenty-five utterances of the six dialogues used the presupposition. The six types of presupposition had been identified the dialogues, namely nine (36%) existential and factive presupposition, three (12%) non-factive presupposition, two (8%) structural presupposition, one (4%) lexical and counterfactual presupposition. The types of presuppositions found as the most frequently used in the dialogues of the textbook are existential and factive presuppositions. It means that the speaker relies heavily on assumption, inferences, and statements about existing things or specific facts when they communicate. The presupposition shapes the intended meaning and convey confidential information in the dialogue. Besides, it makes conversation more meaningful and show how language can have obvious and implied meaning. The Pathway to English textbook accommodated presupposition as pragmatic content to ease EFL learners obtain pragmatic competence.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science and Education (ICoeSSE 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 November 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-142-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-142-5_43How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Wahyu Milsa Mursyida
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AU  - Utari Dewanti
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