All Fields of Science Journal Liaison Academia and Sosiety
Vol. 5 No. 4: Desember 2025

Speech Function in Lifestyle Articles of Cosmopolitan Magazine

Alvin Zonatan Sagala (Institut Kesehatan Sumatera Utara)
Jelita Panjaitan (Universitas Darma Agung)
Jonner Lumban Gaol (Universitas Darma Agung)
Pardamean Hotmauli Manalu (Universitas Darma Agung)
Dewi Widiastuti (Institut Sains Dan Teknologi TD. Pardede)



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Publish Date
15 Dec 2025

Abstract

This study aims to determine the function of utterances in lifestyle articles published in Cosmopolitan magazine This research is a qualitative study using a semi otic analysis method to understand the hidden meaning in a picture or text Sampling and research procedure along with a summary of findings and implications for research and practice adding recommendations limitations in the end The lifestyle articles were chosen because they contain a variety of products career beauty family and social relationships and mental health The selected text in Cosmopolitan magazine is titled Are you one of them? This is the sandwich generation The data for this research were collected from literature journals and previous relevant studies The focus of this research is on the types of utterance functions according to Halliday s theory which discusses four utterance functions including statements questions offers and commands In the statement the speaker provides some information to the listener and basically invites the listener to accept the information In a question sentence the speaker requests specific information from the listener and fundamentally the speaker invites the listener to provide that information In an offer the speaker provides a commodity or service to the listener and fundamentally the speaker invites the listener to receive the commodity and service In a command sentence the speaker asks the listener to give a commodity or service However in this magazine the command referred to is to give instructions to the reader to do something

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AFoSJ-LAS

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