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  • Language and age: A comparative study 
    Perera, M.A.N. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    Out of all the sociolinguistic factors such as class, gender, ethnicity etc. age has to be the least researched area available. According to Labov (2001), age is merely treated as a biological factor and is often overshadowed ...
  • Language and Identity after Five Hundred Years of Colonization 
    Gunesekera, M. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)
    This paper examines the controversial issue of the status of the official, national or link language/s of Sri Lanka. The focus of the study is on perspectives of language and identity among speakers of English in Sri ...
  • Language and Literature, Roman Aspect 
    Jayasekera, K. (S. Godage and Brothers (Pvt) Ltd, 675, P. de S. Kularatne Mw., Colombo 10, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    භාෂාව හා සාහිත්‍යකරණය - ආදී රෝම අදහස් විමසුමක් බටහිර සම්භාව්‍ය සාහිත්‍ය ඇසුරින් මා ඔබ හමුවට පැමිණෙන්නේ සෑහෙන කාලයකට පසුවය. මීට හේතුව වශයෙන් දැක්විය හැක්කේ පසුගිය වකවානුව තුළ ගී‍්‍රක නාට්‍ය පිළිබඳ තරමක ගැඹුරු අධ්‍යයනයක ...
  • Language and Philosophy 
    De Silva Wijeyeratne, L.L.J. (International Conference on Sanskrit and Eastern Studies, 2018 Department of Sanskrit and Eastern Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The 20th century can be considered an era which brought significant change to the entire world. Especially, there were revolutionary changes in the field of scientific thoughts, social and political institutions. Due to ...
  • Language as a one of Vital Root Causes of the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka 
    Subasinghe, Wasantha (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The ethnic conflict within last three decades can be considered as a conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It is a conflict between majority; Sinhalese and minority; ...
  • Language Barrier Faced by Natives in Colonial Courts: A Study Based on 'The Village in the Jungle' 
    Priyankara, Y. D. (Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2023)
    The judiciary plays a pivotal role in upholding law and justice within any nation. During the British colonial period, the judicial system introduced to Sri Lanka operated exclusively in English. To foster trust and ...
  • Language contact and language evolution: a case of derivational affixes 
    Nagitha, K. (University of Kelaniya, 2000)
  • Language dilemma of post-independence Ceylon: a socio-linguistic perspective 
    Wickramarachchi, M. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    The post-independence Ceylon was born almost seven decades ago inhering some of the most enduring conflicts, paradoxes and dilemmas of governance at the time. The local élite of the new post-colonial administration took ...
  • Language globalization and media with special reference to Sri Lanka 
    Herath, S. (University of Kelaniya, 2008)
  • Language identification at word level in Sinhala-English code-mixed social media text 
    Shanmugalingam, K.; Sumathipala, S. (IEEE International Research Conference on Smart computing & Systems Engineering (SCSE) 2019, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    Automatic analyzing and extracting useful information from the noisy social media content are currently getting attention from the research community. It is common to find people easily mixing their native language along ...
  • Language identity in amawatura and buthsarana 
    Wanigasingha, C.B.; Aththanayaka, A.M.S.K. (The Library, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2023)
    This research critically examines the linguistic identity within the renowned literary works "Amavathura" and "Butsarana," situated in the historical tapestry of Sri Lankan literature, with a primary focus on unravelling ...
  • The Language Ideologies and the Macro-context in the Family Language Policy (FLP) of a Sinhala / English Bilingual Family 
    Bandara, Kanchana Sanjeevani (Faculty of Humanities University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021)
    The Family Language Policy (FLP) is an extension of Bernard Spolsky’s conceptualisation of language policy which consists of three components: language practices, language ideology and language management. This policy is ...
  • Language Ideologies of Batticaloa Tamil Undergraduates in the University of Kelaniya 
    Pravini, H. B. H. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2021)
    Recent research in the field of language ideology incorporates language policies due to the contentious politics in Sri Lanka. Although the failures of Sri Lankan language policies have been frequently examined through the ...
  • Language matters: an analysis of the language of disability within selected political speeches of the elections of 2015 in Sri Lanka 
    Hettiarachchi, S.; Ranaweera, M.; Walisundara, D.; Daskon-Attanayake, L. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Introduction: Arguably, language has the power to formulate, promote, uphold or deter stereotypes. Politically, this year was significant in its representation of persons with disabilities within the electoral system. ...
  • Language Mixing and the Dominant Language 
    Wettewe, C.D.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)
  • Language Planning and Future of the National Languages of Sri Lanka 
    Premaratna, C.D.H.M. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or acquisition of languages or language variety within a speech community. It is often associated with government planning. The goals of ...
  • Language Planning in Senegal: A Study Based on the Position of 'Wolof' as a National Language 
    Kekulawalal, S.; Samankumari, P.G. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Language planning refers to deliberate and systematic attempts taken to solve the language problems of the speech community. Government authority gives a prior contribution when planning a language through legislation, ...
  • Language Planning Situations in Sri Lanka and Singapore: A Comparative Study 
    Kamali, R.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Language planning can be defined as a deliberate attempt to change the linguistics behaviour of a speech community for a particular reason. It is often associated with the government planning. It can be initiated to push ...
  • Language Policies and Social Cohesion in Multilingual States: Some Personal Observations 
    Lewis, R.L. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This paper is meant simply to be an opening point for a continuation of an ongoing discussion of multilingualism within states and regions vis-à-vis: Civil and criminal law, law enforcement, domestic educational policy, ...
  • Language Policy and Politics 
    Rajapakshe, R.M.W. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Language the most sophisticated invention of man, is a tool used to fulfill main requirements of the people inclusive of communication. Thus language is not a problem. However, when it is used as a medium of instruction ...

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