| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立清華大學 === 臺灣語言研究與教學研究所 === 106 === This thesis analyzes the interlocutors’ conversations and prayers in traditional SaySiyat marriage processes and the ceremonial processes of wives’ returning to parental homes. The traditional SaySiyat marriage process includes five stages: tinkabazae’an (inquire about relevant news), tomra:i: (propose marriage), komita’ ka taew’an/ SaSiyoS (visit the man's house/reconciliation), maltamako’ (engage) and makaksi’ael (get married). Meanwhile, there also exists a five-stage ceremony, from marriage to death, for a married daughter to return to her parental home, including monSaySa:ip (after marriage), mal’az’aza’/maraS ka korkoring (after the first baby is born), maSpalaw (when the child became a grownup), malraw (on the death of the spouse) and ponibih (outcast)/ horara:ol (self-expression). Duirng the process called haehae:ong in SaySiyat, both parties will invite kamamaehraehrang or kamabalong, those who are good at balong (speaking), to discuss over the process.
The SaySiyat language is classified as “severely endangered”, and with the loss of language and culture, fewer and fewer people can maehraehrang or balong. For this sake, this study aims to document the language used in the processes of marriage and returning to parental home by participant observation and in-depth interviews to collect fieldwork data. It is found that in the process of marriage and returning to parental home, interlocutors often express their purpose through euphemism or metaphors (paSihoway).
key words: SaySiyat, marriage, returning to parental home, ceremonial dialogues, prayers, metaphor
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