EXPLORING PRESUPPOSITIONS IN ADVERTISEMENTS OF SMARTPHONES OF INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES

  • Truong Quynh Thi Bui
Keywords: Pragmatics, presupposition, types of presupposition, advertisement, newsroom website

Abstract

This paper studies the presupposition used in the online advertisements of
four international smartphone companies. In particular, the study aims to identify
and find out the most common presupposition types found in smartphone
advertisements of each company according to Yule’s theory. This research applies
qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect and analyze the data. The data of
this research were 25 advertisements relating to the launch of new smartphones or
their features published on the NEWSROOM pages of the four smartphone
companies, specifically Apple Inc, Samsung Electronics, Vivo and Xiaomi, between
January and December 2021. The findings showed that existential presupposition
was the most common presupposition type found in smartphone advertisements of
each company. Specifically, there are 1940 presuppositions, of which 1404
presuppositions, 34 factive presuppositions, 501 lexical presuppositions and one
non-factive presupposition in 25 advertisements. Furthermore, the implication for
helping readers approach advertisements with greater knowledge are provided at the
end of the study.

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Published
2022-12-09