Don Corlee

Data 11 and 12 is represented in one dialogue of Don Corleone. The Dialogue was in funeral parlor of Bonasera, when he ask Bonasera to give treatment to Sony’s wounds in order to Sony have better look before his funeral ceremony. Presuppositions that can be derived from part of the data 11 is from utterance ‘I want you to use all your powers and all your skills’. The writer found a possessive construction in the utterance which is indicates as existential presupposition type. Phrase such, ‘your powers’ and ‘your skill’ sketch the existence things that Bonasera had. Moreover, this used of presupposition show that Don Corleone already knows what Bonasera is has. That is why he did not ask Bonnasera first what kind of ability that he had. From …show more content…
While, presuppositions that can be derived from part of the dialogue is found in utterance ‘we have a lot of time to talk about it now.’ Triggered by phrase ‘talk about it’, verb ‘talk’ presupposed tried an action so that it include in lexical presupposition type. While pronoun ‘it’ asserted the topic they interest. Furthermore adverb of time ‘now’ in the end of utterance proposed there is something in the past also sketch the action which seldom to do before than recently. In this part the writer found that presupposition has function to show frequency of did an action in different time depend on the sentence or utterance that made. The dialogue above shows that Michael begins the conversation. Michael utters his idea and talk about the decision that took by Don Corleone previously. Topic that made by Michael actually contain a context of strategic in family business. Pronoun ‘it’ in Don Corleone’s utterance refer to the topic discussion that made by Michael. So the intended meaning that presupposed by Don Corleone is he and Michael never or seldom talk about family business before, but then they can talk about it in each time they