Highlightsthe gender roles in society take part in forming someone's speech.

Abstract People use language to communicate. While communicating, people have their own ways to deliver their ideas. The language they used is constructed differently based on their own purposes. This research was conducted to study this phenomenon. It aimed at analyzing the speech function used by SEA Today News’ speakers to present the Indonesian perspective to the world. The data were collected from SEA Today News YouTube videos and were analyzed using a qualitative method. The analysis was formulated systematically to answer these two research questions: 1) What speech function categories are found in the Sea Today News video? and 2) What are the purposes of using those speech functions found? The results show that the four speakers in the SEA Today News video used all the speech functions related to their purposes. The most used speech function is ‘statement’ that revealed that the main purpose of the speakers in the SEA Today News video was to 'share information about the topic they discussed, Batik. Furthermore, it was also found that the four speakers in the SEA Today News video respond to each other’s utterances positively with no misunderstanding at all. It indicates the good communication that happens between the speakers.

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Parents are the first ones responsible for their children’s speech. Bad and good children’s speech behavior in society would be considered the results of their parents’ teachings. This research was conducted to analyze this phenomenon by exploring the positive politeness used by parents while communicating in front of their children. It showed how parents construct their speech to exemplify good speech behavior to their children. This research used qualitative research, specified to content analysis method to analyze the data. The data were collected from the video entitled “Peppa Pig Official Channel, Peppa Pig Adds Pineapple in Her Pizza” from Peppa Pig Official YouTube Channel. The results showed that the most strategy used was the ‘include both speakers and hearers in the activity’ which appeared in 36 out of 319 utterances. It showed Daddy Pig’s and Mommy Pig’s efforts to promote the politeness of appreciating others’ existence through their speech to their children. Furthermore, all the positive politeness strategies were used by Daddy Pig and Mommy Pig as the parents in Peppa Pig Video. Therefore, this video was recommended for parents to see how they can construct their language politely while speaking with their children. It will help children to get used to speaking politely and appropriately.