PRESUPPOSITION ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTION IN MATA NAJWA “POLITIK SELEBRITI” EPISODE

Abstract

Television program has been the media not only for giving new information but also molding up the society’s perception. Moreover in the talk show program, the sharing information is not only done among the conversant but also the audience or the society who watch it. In communication, every stakeholder, whether they are the interviewer, interviewee or the hearer, takes some facts for granted for the efficiency of the communication. This is what is known as the presupposed information. This paper aims to figure out the presuppositions raised in the question in Mata Najwa “Politik Selebriti” episode and see how the responses of the hearer by understanding the presupposition in the given question. I downloaded the source of the data through www.youtube.com and scripted the conversation into the text. The result shows that there are three kinds of presupposition in the question given; existential, structural and factive. It also shows that the hearers understand the presupposition indicated by their responses toward the question. The hearers’ responses are not merely giving the answer of the explicit question but also recognizing the implicit question.