ICLSL 2017
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Item The Contrast between Jaffna Tamil and Upcountry Tamil: A Dialectological Study.(The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Yasmini, P.The scientific study of dialects is known as dialectology, which is generally regarded as a subfield of sociolinguistics. Tamil, which belongs to the Dravidian language family, is one of the major languages spoken in Sri Lanka. As Tamil is a diglossic language, it constitutes two complementary varieties: the literary and the colloquial. The latter has a variety of dialects both regional and social. The aim of this research is to identify the contrast between regional dialects of Tamil. The Jaffna Tamil dialect is a Tamil dialect that is native to the Jaffna peninsula and it is the primary dialect used in the entire north province of Sri Lanka. The upcountry Tamil dialect is another Tamil dialect, which is native to the central province and Uva province. In this paper, the Jaffna dialect of Tamil is compared with the upcountry dialect of Tamil with emphasis on different linguistic features. A contrastive study and descriptive analysis was conducted to identify the differences and similarities between Jaffna Tamil dialect and upcountry Tamil dialect. The primary data were collected through participatory observation and the secondary data for this study were obtained from related books, journal articles, conference proceedings and websites. Jaffna Tamil dialect is largely distinct from the Upcountry Tamil dialects of Sri Lanka. Accordingly, a number of similarities and dissimilarities in phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Jaffna Tamil and Upcountry Tamil dialects have been identified.Item Gendered Language: A Review of Available Literature.(The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Pathirana, U. P. N. N.The most significant difference between human beings is the gender difference. Therefore, people of different genders will have their own gender characteristics, which leads to the gender differences in language. This study is an examination of influence of gender on language. The paper has been carried out as a literature review with the support of available literature, observations, informal conversations with laymen and opinions on scholars in the field of linguistics. The paper intends to investigate the gendered aspect of the language in relation to phonology, morphology and vocabulary, syntax and semantics and pragmatics. The study further seeks to discuss assumptions on nature of language that men and women use, supremacy in patterns of language use, and sexism exist within different languages. The latter part of the paper is dedicated to confer progressive language policies to address existing language issues at a point of time where huge socio-cultural and political changes is happening in outer world in relation to women‟s lives which is generally considered second or weaker sex. The study concludes proposing that language should be more people-oriented than relying on gender differences, minimizing discrimination of individuals‟ language rights.