19 wish, to use a pen name instead of her real name, by employing a rising
intonation. The writer found that the use of a rising intonation on declarative by Bex in dialogue [9] indicated lack of finality or showed that Bex was not giving
the final word on that matter. It was as if there was another question uttered by Bex, but the content of the question was not explicitly given in the utterance
McConnell-Ginet, 1975 as cited in Eckert Ginet, 2003, p. 174, for instance, is there any suggestion? The writer believed that the use of a rising intonation by
Bex in dialogue [9] was to indicate lack of finality which also meant that Bex was asking for Luke‟s suggestion. It could be proved by the response given by Luke
who said “hmm” and smiled after listening to Bex‟s answer. Luke‟s response
indicated that he had an idea for Bex‟s pen name – the girl in the green scarf.
c. Rising Intonation on Declarative Used to Show Positive Politeness
The other function of rising intonation on declarative found in the movie was to show positive politeness. The example is in dialogue [10].
[10] In Bex‟s room
00:15:35 - 00:16:15
Suze : How are you going to pay off sixteen thousand twelve
hundred and sixty two dollars and seventy cents with no job?
Bex : I could win the lottery.
Suze : Maybe you should have a backup
աplan? Oh, backup plan. I got it, I got it. Backup plan. OK. When Tarkie
thought of his dream job, he, um, wrote this proposal just about him, you know, what he‟s made of and
that‟s what you can do. You can write a fashion piece and send it to Alette. Like “Hey Alette, look what I
can do”. You just gonna figure out what to write about. ...
20 In dialogue [10
], Suze was actually refusing Bex‟s idea about winning the lottery to pay Bex‟s debt because Suze considered that the idea was not an appropriate
solution to do. However, Suze did not want to directly tell Bex that she refused Bex‟s idea. Therefore, Suze conveyed her refusal by another way – by saying
“Maybe you should have a backup plan”. When Suze said it, she employed a rising intonation at the end of her utterance. The writer found that the use of a
rising intonation in the dialogue helped Suze to “give the impression of being
friendly and non-authoritative ” which all of them are parts of positive politeness
Bradford, 1997 as cited in
Blahu
šová, 2013, p. 24. Furthermore, when Suze said it with a
rising intonation, it was as if Suze was not refusing Bex‟s idea but merely suggesting Bex to think about a backup plan. This was also indicated that Suze
conveyed the idea of solidarity Britain, 1992 as cited in
Blahu
šová, 2013, p. 25. Thus, it was clear that the use of rising intonation by Suze in this case was to
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