STRATEGIES OF LANGUAGE USE AND BELIEF IN LI- KE -PA PLAY AT RUAMMITR PRADITSILPA TROUPE, SURAT THANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The Objectives of this research article were to study the strategies of the language use and the belief shown in Li – Ke - Pa play at Ruammitr Praditsilpa Troupe, Surat Thani. It was the qualitative research technique by collecting the data from documents, videos, and field trips at Li – Ke - Pa Culture Learning Center. The informants consisted of 7 Li – Ke - Pa players along with field observation. The research results were that there are 5 aspects of the strategy of its language use including the language use of Li-Ke-Pa songs can be classified into 4 types such as personal pronouns epithet nouns dialect words and superlatives, the use of rhetorical questions which were frequently found in flirtation scenes to show the confidence or to speak sarcastically to the lover, the use of antonym meaning of words which showed the humble manner in order to ask for the audiences’ kindness, and the use of viewing which showed the confidence and the expectation to the play. The idioms were used to explain the meaning and emphasize the understanding of the songs. The 5 aspects of belief in Li-Ke-Pa play were the belief of sacred power and praying to the sacred power Kru Li Ke is specified to make the performance smooth, the belief of trekking traces, the belief of karma and laws of karma, the belief of life living, and the belief of Thai social value. The study showed that its language use contained the beliefs that leaded to the successful and smooth play and became the audiences’ favorite play.