A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF PRESUPPOSITION IN GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY’S HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA A Thesis Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Attainment of the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Literature By Briant Nino Aditya 06211144010 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF LANGUANGES AND ARTS YOGYAKARTA STATE UNIVERSITY 2014 i APPROVAL A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF PRESUPPOSITION IN GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY‟S HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA A THESIS by Briant Nino Aditya 06211144010 Approved by the supervisors on July 23rd 2014 First Supervisor Second Supervisor Dra. Nury Supriyanti, M.A. Paulus Kurnianta, M.Hum. NIP. 195708291988122001 NIP. 197206222005011001 ii RATIFICATION A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF PRESUPPOSITION IN GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY‟S HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA A THESIS by Briant Nino Aditya 06211144010 Accepted by the Board of Examiners of Faculty of Language and Arts of Yogyakarta State University on August 14th 2014 and declared to have fulfilled the requirement for the attainment of the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Language and Literature Board of Examiners Position Name Signature Chairperson Niken Anggraeni, M.A. _________ Secretary Paulus Kurnianta, M.Hum. _________ First Examiner Drs. Suhaini M. Saleh, M.A. _________ Second Examiner Dra.Nury Supriyanti, M.A. _________ Yogyakarta, August 2014 Faculty of Languages and Arts Yogyakarta State University Dean, Prof. Dr. Zamzani, M.Pd NIP. 19550505 198011 1001 iii PERNYATAAN Saya yang bertanda tangan dibawah ini: Nama : Briant Nino Aditya NIM : 06211144010 Program Studi : Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris Fakultas : Bahasa dan Seni Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta Judul Skrpsi : A Pragmatic Analysis of Presupposition in Genndy Tartakovsky‟s Hotel Transylvania Menyatakan bahwa skripsi ini adalah hasil karya sendiri dan sepanjang pengetahuan saya tidak berisi materi yang ditulis oleh orang lain sebagai persyaratan penyelesaian studi di UNY atau perguruan tinggi lain kecuali pada bagian-bagian tertentu yang saya ambil sebagai acuan dengan mengikuti tata cara etika penulisan karya ilmiah yang lazim. Apabila terbukti pernyataan ini tidak benar, hal ini sepenuhnya menjadi tanggung jawab saya. Yogyakarta, Agustus 2014 Penulis, Briant Nino Aditya iv DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to: Everyone who waits for my graduation. v MOTTO “Lebih baik terlambat, daripada tidak sama sekali” vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to Jesus Christ for His blessing and guidance without which I would have never ever finished this thesis. I also would like to thank my family, my lecturers, and my friends who have encouraged me to finish this thesis and who have given me continous support on the process of this thesis writing. My greatest thank goes to Dra. Nury Supriyanti, M.A. and Paulus Kurnianta, M.Hum. as my first and second supervisor for their caring, understanding, patience and time in guiding me during the process of completing this thesis. I also thank my academic advisor, Rachmat Nurcahyo, M.A., who taught and guided me during my years of study. For the endless support, prayers, love, and encouragement, I wish to thank my mother Nania Sukarniwati. I would like to thank all my friends at ELITE futsal community: Mr. Eko Rujito Dwi Atmojo, M.Hum, Imam, Pappo, Wafiq, Faisal, Vendy, Ditya, Anggi, Arik, Yoko, Anjar, Dian, Fazlidin, Sony, Pethonk, Adnan, Pratama, Idrus, Abe, Dera, Peppy, Bento, Taufiq, Atha, and Bungsu. I thank them all for their support and encouragement and for making me love Tuesdays more than ever. I would also like to thank all my friends at G class of 2006: Pipit, Arum, Ira, Elang, Atha, Poetri, Gilang, Echa, Desra, Cilik, Witri, Intan, Indah, Tita, Fatiyah, and Kudo. Other special thanks also go to all my friends at kontrakan 262A Sorowajan, Banguntapan, Bantul: Wendy, Peppy, Poppo, Antok, and Bang Ali. My special thank also goes to Mas Rahmat Nugroho, S.Pd. for giving me vii useful advice, helping me settling down in Jogja, and teaching me how to play badminton. Last but not least, I would like to thank Maria Wintang Rarasati for accompanying and helping me through the process of this thesis writing. I thank her for always being my good friend. Finally, I realize that this thesis is far from being perfect. I do appreciate any comments and criticisms. I also hope that this thesis can bring some contribution to linguistic study. Yogyakarta, August 2014 Briant Nino Aditya viii TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE .............................................................................................................. i APPROVAL SHEET ..................................................................................... ii RATIFICATION SHEET .............................................................................. iii SURAT PERNYATAAN .................................................................................. iv DEDICATIONS ............................................................................................. v MOTTOS ......................................................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES.......................................................................................... xi LIST OF PICTURES ....................................................................................... xii LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................ xiii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................... xiv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 1 A. Background of the Study .................................................................... 1 B. Research Focus .................................................................................... 5 C. Research Objectives ............................................................................ 8 D. Research Significance .......................................................................... 8 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................ 10 A. Literature Review ................................................................................. 10 1. Pragmatics ................................................................................ 10 2. The Scope of Pragmatics .......................................................... 14 ix a) Utterance ...................................................................... 14 b) Context ......................................................................... 15 c) Reference and Inference ............................................... 17 d) Implicature ................................................................... 18 e) Presupposition .............................................................. 19 f) Speech Act ................................................................... 23 3. Film .......................................................................................... 25 a) Definition ..................................................................... 25 b) Element of Film............................................................ 26 c) Movie Genre................................................................. 27 4. Genndy Tartakovsky‟s Hotel Transylvania ............................. 28 a) Hotel Transylvania ....................................................... 28 b) The Synopsis ................................................................ 28 c) Audiences‟ Comments ................................................. 29 B. Previous Research Findings ................................................................. 30 C. Conceptual Framework ........................................................................ 31 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ....................................................... 33 A. Research Design ................................................................................... 33 B. Type and Source of Data .................................................................... 34 C. Data Collection..................................................................................... 35 D. Instruments of Data Collections ........................................................... 36 E. Data Analysis ....................................................................................... 36 F. Data Trustworthiness ......................................................................... 37 CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ........................................ 39 A. Findings ............................................................................................. 39 B. Discussion ............................................................................................ 42 a. Counter Factual Presupposition ............................................... 43 b. Lexical Presupposition ............................................................. 49 c. Structural Presupposition ......................................................... 52 d. Factive Presupposition ............................................................. 55 x e. Existential Presupposition ........................................................ 57 f. Non-Factive Presupposition ..................................................... 59 CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................