Presupposition Speech at the Tawur Kasanga Ceremony: A Pragmatic Study

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the types of presuppositions in the tawur kasanga ceremony as a pragmatic study. Pragmatics studies are always related to the problem of language use behaviour in its context. Pragmatic context includes the identity of the participant, the time parameters, and the place of the speech event, which includes the linguistic context and the physical context, which includes presuppositions. To achieve this goal, a descriptive qualitative approach was used. A qualitative approach to describe the meaning of Tawur Kasanga speech is based on pragmatic studies. The research population was taken from the narratives of a series of ceremonial activities. Considering that this event is an event that only occurs once a year, this population was immediately used as a sample. Data was collected through recordings and guided interviews. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive-qualitative techniques. The research results show: there are six presuppositions in speech, namely presuppositions: (a) existential 12 (24,489%), (b) factive 13 (26,530%), (c) lexical 11 (22,448%), (d) structural 11 (22.448%), (e) nonfactive 1 (2.040%), and (f) counterfactual 1 (2.040%).