Presupposition

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Volume 12 · Issue 2 · April 2025

Pragmatics Presupposition Triggers inReligion Discourse

Huda Abdulqader Qasim, Huda Esmail Saleh

Pragmatics Presupposition Triggers is considered one of the dimensions of dialogic inquiry widely used in daily conversations and across all linguistic expressions, including speeches. The Friday sermon dedicated to discussing the topic of drugs, delivered by Mullah) Harbi Tetou ( on March 4, 2022, in Duhok, served as a research sample aimed at extracting types of pre-assumption generators in dialogic inquiry. The research hypothesis explored the extent to which we find pre-assumption generators in discourse? The speaker relied on conveying his message through which type of Pragmatics Presupposition Triggers, and which types of Pragmatics Presupposition Triggers are most commonly used in discourse? The results of this research indicate that this speech can be considered educational. The speaker frequently used interrogative form pre-assumption generators to engage the audience and influence them.

Volume 9 · Issue 3 · June 2022

Presupposition According to Yule’s Perspective in Short Story

Khasro Ahmed Rasul

The Study is devoted to presupposition in short story. Based on Yule’s view the types of presupposition have been presented. In the study, the story of (Throne and Crown of Kwekha Homer-Taji Takhti kwekha Homar) has been chosen as a sample so as to investigate the types of presupposition according to Yule’s perspective, then, the percentage of pragmatic presupposition in the story are specified. Apart from the introduction, conclusion, appendix, and list of references, the study comprises of sections. First section deals with defining concepts, and types of presupposition whereas section two includes two parts. The first part focuses on the stylistics and the language of short story. Part two of section two is a practical section specifies the percentage of pragmatic presuppositions.