An Analysis of Presupposition Used in Satanic Verses

Emad Khalili¹

1) MA in General Linguistics of Sistan and Baluchestan University.

IOI Code : XADZ-CEDKA
Publication : The Second international conference on modern researches in management and humanities(mphconf.com)
Abstract :
    Presupposition is one of the topics in semantic study and Pragmatics. In this paper the researcher is more concerned about the discussion presupposition in pragmatic studies, where presupposition is in one s mind about everything that exists in the world. In this paper the researcher used descriptive research method, because all the data comes from book and the data is reviewed based on theory of presuppositions. Presuppositions in Satanic Verses are taken from the conversations of characters in this epic novel, and then analyzed by the theory proposed by Yule (1996) about the type presuppositions to find out what types are often used in Satanic Verses. Finally, the researcher has found six types of presupposition which applied in Satanic Verses, they are 15 existential (22%), 10 lexical (17%), 18 structural (25%), 7 factive (11%), 4 nonfactive (6%) and 12 counterfactual (19%). From this paper also, the researcher expected that this paper can be useful both in learning as an additional science in learning pragmatics, especially presupposition

Keywords : presupposition satanic verses salman rushdi structural presupposition yule (1996)