<![CDATA[This research is motivated by the massive response of netizens on social media Instagram, which represents the dynamics of critical language use regarding a socio-economic issue—namely the impact of the weakening rupiah and the rising US dollar. This study aims to describe the types as well as the most dominant forms of expressive speech acts and presuppositions in the comment section of a Reels video by the @qanitachic account, which discusses the impact of rupiah depreciation in rural areas. The research method used is a descriptive qualitative approach with data sources consisting of speech units or text excerpts from netizen comments. Data collection techniques were carried out using listening, sorting, and screenshot documentation methods, with the researcher serving as the main instrument (human instrument). Data analysis was executed using the data reduction and data presentation stages based on the Miles and Huberman model. The results showed that within Searle's (1979) framework of expressive speech acts, three types were identified across 8 data points, including praising (6 data), thanking (1 data), and blaming (1 data). The dominant type of expressive speech act was praising. Meanwhile, Yule's (2006) presupposition analysis revealed four types across 9 data points, consisting of structural presupposition (4 data), lexical presupposition (2 data), factive presupposition (2 data), and existential presupposition (1 data). The dominant type of presupposition was structural presupposition. This study demonstrates that the dominant expressive speech act of praising reflects netizens' psychological recognition of the accuracy of the child's analysis in the video, whereas the dominance of structural presuppositions indicates how netizens consciously activate logical assumptions through specific linguistic constructions to convey satire, sarcasm, and sharp social criticism toward political elite discourse.]]>
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