25 to the speaker
. The conversation happens in the hills of the wolves‟ family. Shere Khan kills Akela to get the attention of the other wolves.
3. Tag Questions
This question takes 1.67 of the total. There are three types of clauses that
use in tag questions; declarative, exclamative, and imperative clause tag
Downing and Locke, 2003, p. 202. The tag questions in The Jungle Book film use declarative clause. There are three tag questions and they consist of 1 positive
and 2 negative form. The 3 questions have a function to find out whether the listener knows the answer or not.
SC 19 Mowgli: Where am I?
Baloo: Uh, This is a cave. Its my cave. You dont remember what happened, do you?
Mowgli: No. Baloo: I saved your life. Yeah, I- I snatched you from the jaws of death.
The coils of death, if you will.
Sample conversation 19 is taken when Baloo helps Mowgli from a trick of a huge snake. Baloo brings Mowgli to his cave. Mowgli wakes up and does not
know where he is. He asks Baloo where they are and Baloo explains that they are in his cave. Baloo asks a question to make sure that Mowgli remembers the
accident or not. Baloo uses tag questions. In this case, the main clause of the
question is negative and the tag is positive. Baloo uses a falling intonation when asks the question. It means Baloo is almost certain that Mowgli will agree with
his idea Azar, 1999, p. A15. SC 20
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
