Object of the Study

using Yule’s theory of presupposition in order to validate the presupposed meaning behind the characters ’ utterances. In some cases, such as presenting the presupposed meaning through lexical and non-factive presupposition, a lexical semantic approach was employed. In order to find the meaning of certain words that might give better understanding on the presupposed meaning, this study refered to the eighth edition of Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. The presupposed meaning would not be the final outcome of the analysis, for the presupposed meaning might carry certain ideas beyond the language use. Consequently, the presupposed meaning would be the basis of the film Milk ’s prominent ideologies in the context of 1970s characterized in Black’s film script. In order to find out the prominent ideologies behind the characters ’ utterances, CDA was employed in the process of analysis. Knowing that CDA could relate certain language use with a specific context, this study aimed to relate the presupposed meaning to the context of gay liberation in the 1970s led by Harvey Milk. Consequently, the presupposed meaning would be interpreted as the depiction of what was happening during the 1970s in San Francisco. Then, the presupposed meaning would be related to what kind of belief or aim that the film carried during the context of gay liberation in 1970s. After that, this belief or aim could be translated to the ideologies that the film carries in order to improve the condition of inequality in San Francisco during the 1970s. 30

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

This chapter will be divided into two parts of analysis. The first part of the analysis portrays the contribution of the pragmatic approach with the specific concept of presupposition to depict the presupposed meaning in Harvey Milk‘s utterances. The theory of presupposition will be assisted with a lexical semantic approach to help the understanding of certain presupposed meaning depicted through either lexical or non-factive presupposition. The first part of the analysis answers the first problem formulation of the study. The second part of the analysis portrays the ideologies which are liberty and optimism depicted through the presupposed meaning in the utterances found in the film script. The depiction is done with critical discourse analysis in which the utterances will serve as a discourse that emphasizes the negative other presentation outgroups‘ bad things such as dominance, power abuse, and inequality displayed to the gay community. The outgroups‘ bad things are then resisted with an underlying belief called ideology, and supported by the positive self presentation ingroups‘ good things emphasized through the presupposed meaning. Thus, the emphasis shows that the presupposed meaning carries an ideological effect. The second part of the analysis answers the second problem formulation of the study.