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  • The Kaduwa of today: Sri Lankan English – its acceptance and attitudes towards variation 
    Perera, M.C.N. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    In Sri Lanka, English has long been a language of authority granting access to the higher classes of society. Hence it is referred to by the colloquial appellation kaduwa, meaning ‘the sword’. However the English that ...
  • Korean Wave In Sri Lanka: Past, Present And Future 
    Fernando, A. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of International Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    “Korean Wave” is the increase in global popularity of South Korean culture since the 1990s. This phenomenon which began in Southeast Asia reached Sri Lanka a decade ago driven by the spread of Korean TV shows and music. ...
  • The Lack of Corpus Planning in the Language Policy of Multilingual South Africa 
    Jayawardhana, J.M.W.H.; Dhaneshika, K.M. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Language planning is deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or acquisition of languages or language variety within a speech community. The purpose of the paper to examine the language planning situation ...
  • The lack of translation of sexuality based (erotic) novels in Sri Lanka 
    Liyanage, T. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    The depiction of sexual terms in translation has been a controversial subject in Sri Lankan culture. Sex is without a doubt one of the most intimate indicators of identity as in conjures up images of sexual actions, ...
  • 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 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 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 policy in Singapore 
    Kamali, R.D.; Hettihewa, A.S.; Senarathna, I.R. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Language is not merely a tool for human communication where it also plays an important role in the development of social identity. Therefore it is important to have a wellplanned language policy in a country and it is ...
  • 'The Legend of Bhagat Singh' සිනමා කෘතිය හා භගත් සිං චරිතාපදානය පිළිබඳ තුලනාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්. 
    Kobbakaduwa, H.G.A.V.K.M. (Department of Hindi Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2016)
  • A Linguistic Analysis on Deixis of Catholic Religious Functions in Sri Lanka 
    Samaraweeral, M. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    "Deixis" are the words or phrases such as this, that, these, those, now, and then that point to time, place or situations in which a speaker is speaking. There are many deixis used in Sinhalese speaking society in Sri ...
  • A Linguistic Analysis on the Language Used in Short Message Services 
    Sewwandi, K.A.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The necessity for an efficient concise language in communication has been the reason behind evolution of Short Message Language. They are used for different communicative purposes. Development in Communication and ...
  • A Linguistic Analysis on the Lexical and Language Change of the Two Films "Pravegaya" and "Kolamba Sanniya" 
    Karunathilake, P.M.A.U. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The main target of this research is exploring the evaluation of lexicon and language of two films respectively "Kolamba Sanniya" and "Pravegaya". The research question was finding out how the language has been changed ...
  • A Linguistic Study on Emojis Used in Online Communication 
    Bandara, R. R. T. Kaumadi (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2021)
    Emojis are small symbols that are used to express feelings and thoughts through text messages. They were derived from computer-mediated communication and they contribute to enhance social relations in this digital era. Due ...
  • A Linguistic Study on Sinhalese Neologism Related to COVID-19 with Special Reference to The Trilingual Dictionary Published by Department of Official Languages, Sri Lanka 
    Ranasingha, R. A. W. T. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2021)
    In late 2019, the respiratory infection known as COVID-19 spread around the world as a global public health hazard. The epidemic has a profound effect on social, economic, scientific, and linguistic differences. It is a ...
  • A Linguistic Study on the Impact of Facebook on the Sinhalese Language 
    Samudra, D.W.B. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    One of the current trends in the modem society is the frequent use of Facebook and it is being used almost everywhere in the world. Using Facebook is very much popular among Sinhalese speakers as well. Being a popular ...
  • A Linguistic study on the nature of WhatsApp Language of Sri Lankans 
    Wijayantha, H.D. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)
    WhatsApp has occupied an important place among other social media platforms at present. It is mainly used to maintain conversations between various types of groups. The main objective of the research study is studying the ...
  • Loan words in Japanese language 
    Wickramainghe, W.P.M.L. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Loan words are words adopted by the speakers of one language from a different language (The source Language). A loan word can also be called a ‘borrowing’. The abstract noun borrowing refers to the process of speakers ...
  • Madness and Women; Analysis of Madness of Female characters in Literature as Retaliation to Patriarchy 
    Arachchi, Hiruni Udumulla (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2021)
    Madness is closely associated with female characters and is portrayed as a woman's 'dis-ease' in 19th-century literature. Bertha Mason, 'the woman in the attic' in the pioneer feminist text, Jane Eyre demonstrates madness ...
  • Main aspects of Hindi immigrant literature 
    Hirimuthugoda, H.D. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The genre of immigrant literature or diasporic literature came into spotlight as a subtheme of post-colonial literature. It is generally considered as the literature of immigrants. Indian immigrant literature is notable ...

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