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  • Symbols Applicable to the System of Notations of Teacher's Guides in Sri Lankan Schools: A Case Study in Hindustani Music 
    Madusanka, P.A.A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Hindustani music or the North Indian style of classical music is widely spread in the Indian subcontinent. Indian music is traditionally taught via oral methods and, until the 20th century, the rules of Indian music and ...
  • Syntax of Discourse Particles in English Spoken in the Middle East 
    Ghosh, R. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The study of Discourse Particles in last two decades or so has brought syntax and pragmatics closely enough towards formulating a non-modular, substantive approach to linguistic analysis. However, its potential in definitive ...
  • Tackling the Most Challenging Spatial Preposition in English 
    Amaraweera, S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This study attempts to identify and tackle the issues in the use of “at”, the most challenging and one of the three most commonly-used spatial prepositions in the English language, - „at‟, „in‟ and „on‟ – in teaching English ...
  • Teaching English as a Second Language in Sri Lanka: Facing a Paradox 
    Perera, A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    English is the most popular foreign language in Sri Lanka. This language played a key role in the process of social stratification which took place after the collapse of the feudal and the colonial systems. After teaching ...
  • Tibeto Burman Languages of Northeast India: Problems and Prospects 
    Basumatary, A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    North East India is the eastern most region of India and constitutes 8% of India‟s size. According to 2011 census, its population is nearly 40 million. The majority of the languages spoken in North East India mostly belong ...
  • Translating Concrete Poems 
    de Silva, J. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Poems are not merely things that are read but also things that are seen. The visual appearance of a poem is given more attention than that of a prose and quite rightly poets tend to get more use of it. A type of poetry in ...
  • Translation Errors Made by Sinhalese Students Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language 
    Priyadarshani, R.M.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This study aims to clarify the translation errors made by Sinhalese students learning Japanese as a foreign language. Japanese is said to be one of the easy-to-learn languages for the Sri Lankan learners since there are ...
  • Two Types of Quirky-case Subjects in Involitive Constructions in Sinhala: A Study under Theta System Theory 
    Xiong, J. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Involitionality in Sinhala, as reflected in the verb morphology, usually has the subject marked with quirky (non-nominative) cases, which are either atin-marked or dative, as shown in (1) and (2). (1) a. laməya atin kooppe ...
  • Use of Language for Public Relations: A Case of Sinhala Dialects 
    Jinadasa, M.P.K. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Language is utilised for building relationships among peers. Public Relation is a process of making strong understanding and image building among stakeholders of an institution. Despite the fact that variety of tools and ...
  • The Use of Music as an Effective Tool in English as a Second Language Classrooms to Teach Verb Forms 
    Gamage, S.U. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Today, most of the ESL learners in Sri Lanka consider English language learning as anxiety packed, insipid and an unconquerable obstacle. Moreover, Karunarathna (1993) has mentioned that the methods employed by the facilitator ...
  • Use of Official Languages among Public Officers: A Case Study of Dehiwala Divisional Secretariat in Sri Lanka 
    Perera, M.A.D.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This research is concerned with the use of official languages among public officers with special reference to the Dehiwala Divisional Secretariat (DS) in Sri Lanka. Roughly Sri Lanka is concerned as a multilingual, multiethnic ...
  • The Use of ‘Impersonal It’ by English as a Second Language Learners 
    Wijewardana, A.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    ESL learners in Sri Lanka find it difficult to write English sentences due to syntactic differences between their mother tongue and the target language. It is noticeable that the English sentences start mostly with the ...
  • Using Poetry in Teaching English as a Second Language as a Means of Improving Language Production 
    Gunarathne, N.M.A.D.W.C. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    With the intention of meeting the needs of English Language learners, Language teachers and instructors are trying to use different methods to improve the language skills of the students. It has been observed that the ...
  • Using Sinhalese in Teaching German as a Foreign Language for the Undergraduates of the University of Kelaniya 
    Lansakara, L.H.M.D.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The study focuses on the controversy, revolving around the teachers‟ use of the mother tongue (MT) in foreign language (FL) teaching. Specifically, this report concentrates on the examination of German teachers‟ and learners‟ ...
  • Word Formation in Tamil Baby Talk 
    Wijeratne, W.M. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This research is aimed at discovering the nature of the words used by Tamil children at the early stage of their language acquisition. Language is acquired by humans during the early part of their life. While acquiring a ...

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