26 King Louie: But theres one thing I dont have and thats the one thing you
can give me. The red flower. Mowgli: I dont have that.
King Louie: Youre a man, arent you? Thats what makes you a man. You can summon your red flower and control it.
That is a conversation between Mowgli and King Louie. King Louie has a belief that a man can give him a red flower fire. Mowgli says that he does not
have it and King Louie asks a question to make sure that Mowgli is a man or not.
King Louie uses rising intonation in that question. A tag question may be spoken
with a rising intonation if the speaker is truly seeking to ascertain that hisher information, idea, belief is correct Azar, 1999, p. A15.
4. Declarative Questions
Declarative questions have 13.41 of total. It consists of 24 questions.
These questions have a function to provide information. There are positive and negative orientations
Quirk et al, 1972, p. 389. As the name, these questions are similar with declarative sentences in written form. The differences are they
use rising intonation and question mark in the final sentence. SC 21
Shere Khan: The rains will return and the river will rise. And when this rock disappears... That truce will end. You want to protect him? Fine. But
ask yourselves: How many lives is a man cub worth? The Narrator: How many lives?
Sample conversation 21 has a positive orientation of declarative question. Shere Khan asks a question to make sure if Akela wants to save Mowgli. Besides,
this declarative questions show an opinion than asks a question. From the question, Shere Khan says that he does not sure Akela can protect Mowgli.
27 SC 22
A Squirrel: A man cub? An Armadillo: Yeah, its a man cub.
A Squirrel: Its not a monkey? An Armadillo: No, its not. Its a man cub.
Baloo: You have never been a more endangered species that you are at this moment.
The question in sample conversation 22 asks yes or no answer, but the orientation of this question is negative. The squirrel asks to the armadillo what
Mowgli is. The armadillo says that Mowgli is a man cub, but the squirrel does not sure yet. The squirrel asks again about Mowgli. Mowgli is a monkey or not. In
this case, the speaker get the answer that Mowgli is a man cub, but he is not sure yet. That is why he asks again with negative orientation.
5. Alternative Questions
Alternative question is a question which expects one of two or more
alternative that mention in the question as the answer Quirk et al, 1972, p. 387. There are 4 alternative questions in the data. It takes 2.23 of the total. These
questions have a function to request information. SC 23
King Louie: What part of the jungle you from? You, man cub. You come from the South or North? What- What part of the- the- the jungle?
Mowgli: The South, I guess?
The question in sample conversation 23 is taken when King Louie kidnaps Mowgli to his kingdom. King Louie asks Mowgli where he comes from. The
example of an alternative question above consists of two declarative sentences that combine to be an alternative question. If the question changes to be more
detail, it will be “You come from the South or you come from the North?” The
28 second declarative sentence changes in elliptical form to be “You come from the
South or North?” SC 24
Bagheera: But they didnt make you. That is why you must go. Mowgli: What if I live with the nilgai?
Bagheera: No. Mowgli: Or the mongoose?
Bagheera: This is not a discussion. Mowgli: But this is my home. I dont even know what mans like.
The questions above are two questions which have a relation. The first
question is a wh-question and second is an elliptical question. Actually, the second question is also a wh-question
, “What if I live with the mongoose?” The
sample conversation above is an example of double questions split. The answer
of Bagheera splits the first and second questions.
B. Atypical Questions
Atypical questions take 19.56 of the total. These questions divided into 3 types. The types are based on the total of the words. The first is the questions
which consist of one word. There are 15 questions in The Jungle Book film that only consist of one word. Four questions consist of two words and 16 questions
consist of equal or more than three words. There are 5 questions which are used to request information, 7 questions to provide information, 19 questions to find out
whether the listener knows the answer or not, and 4 questions to induce the respondent to act.
