A Critical pragmatic Study of Racism in Edgar's "Destiny"
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https://doi.org/10.36317/kaj/2023/v1.i57.12365Keywords:
Racism, Critical Pragmatics, Presupposition, Political Plays, David Edgar, DestinyAbstract
The present study focuses on the notion of presupposition as a pragmatic tool to unveil the issue of racism in David Edgar's "Destiny". Since it is a negative issue; racism lends itself to critical studies. Therefore, the field of investigation is Critical Pragmatics which focuses on how the pragmatic theories investigate the reflection of an illegitimate issues in language particularly when aspects of power, ideology, and dominance are highlighted. The study aims at identifying how does the notion of presupposition impart the issue of racism; pinpointing the basic types and triggers of presupposition which are utilized in the selected data. In order to achieve the aims of this study, Levinson‘s (1983) presupposition triggers and Yule‘s (1996) types of presupposition are adopted as the model of the study. After analyzing the data, it has been found that the writer has been used all types of presupposition with their various triggers, particularly the existential, lexical, and structural presuppositions in order to convey the negative consequences of racism.
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