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Marwito Wihadi
Department of English Education, University of Kuningan, Indonesia
Email: m_wihadi@yahoo.com
Yayan Suryana
Department of English Education, University of Kuningan, Indonesia
Email: ysuryana2008@gmail.com
APA Citation: Sinta, A., Wihadi, M., & Suryana, Y. (2016). Presupposition analysis in some
selected consumer advertisement slogans of the Jakarta Post. English
Review: Journal of English Education, 5(1), 149-156
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Causing readers to
Making the
Implicit consider the existence
No. Slogans advertisement short
competition of the products or
and memorable
services
1. The best or nothing √ √
Convenience, a luxury few can
2. √
enjoy
3. Wide coverage, fast, and stable √
4. Mix it up! √
5. The essence of infinite innovation √
6. When you expect the very best √
7. Gastronomy and art √
8. Ready unit & fully furnished √
9. The ultimate sport utility truck √
10. The total living environment √
11. Let’s get together! √ √
12. Incredible India √ √
13. Going places together √ √
14. Smooth as silk √ √
15. Unlimited aesthetics √ √
16. Wish you were here √
17. Art in your hand √ √
18. Imagine your Korea √
19. The mainstay true business √
20. Moving service √ √
Total 17 0 11
(Lam, 2009)
The result of analysis above, the writers Post newspaper on March 2016 edition.
only found two functions of Probably, the advertisers assume that
presupposition in advertisement. Two implicit competition is an easy and
functions are implicit competition and optimal function in delivering the
making the advertisement short and message of advertisement clearly to
memorable.17 slogans advertisement compare the advantages of a product.
containing implicit competition and 11 Lam (2009) states that the advertisement
slogans advertisement containing message has to be delivered clearly but
making the advertisement short and implicitly, and often used for the ease of
memorable. delivering message. One of strategy in
In conclusion, implicit advertising is comparing two or more
competition is the function often used by products directly, it purpose to steal
the advertisers in the slogans of sales from competitors (Griffin & Ebert,
consumer advertisement of the Jakarta 1996/2007).
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