Abstract:
This study concerns with presupposition used by the main character in the
Hotel Transylvania series 2 movie. The objectives of this research were to find
out the type of presupposition, counter-factual presupposition is the dominant type
or not of presupposition, and why the dominant type become dominant by main
character’s dialogue in this movie. This research was conducted by applying
qualitative descriptive design. The data of this research were taken from the
dialogue by main character in the Hotel Transylvania series 2 movie, it is Dracula.
The data were collected and analyzed based on 6 types of presupposition
according to Yule, which are Existential, Factive, Lexical, Structural, Non
Factive, and Counter-Factual. The finding of this study shows that only 5 types
(Existential, Factive, Lexical, Structural, and Counter-Factual) which are found in
the dialogue by main character in the Hotel Transylvania series 2 movie, and 1
type which are not foundin the dialogue by main character in the Hotel
Transylvania series 2 movie. They are Existential is 74 items (63.24%), Factive is
21 items (17.94%), Lexical is 7 items (5.98%), Structural is 6 items (5.12%), Non
Factive 0 item (0%), and Counter-Factual is 9 items (7.69%). The existential
presupposition become the dominant type. The implication of the dominant type
of presupposition which is used in the dialogue by main character in the Hotel
Transylvania series 2 movie is the movie wants to tell about the existence of the
players in this movie to viewers from their properties or their job by their each
charactes. It can make the story more interesting to watch.
