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  • 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 ...
  • Lack of Representation of Women in Common Human Liberation: From Henry Jayasena's Play 'Kuveni’ 
    Darshika, Hewagamage Chamanee (Faculty of Humanities University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021)
    According to Whitney Chadwick, modernist art recognises a woman's intimacy with nature, that is, femininity itself, through its innate mystique, unbridled sexuality, and destructive power. The best example of these qualities ...
  • The Lack of the Sinhalese Language Literacy among the Students: A Case Study of a School in Kolonnawa Educational Division 
    Wickramasinghe, P.D.D.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Sri Lanka has a commendable record for one of the highest literacy rates in the South East Asia. This achievement can be largely attributed to the free education system of the country which came into operation since 1945. ...
  • 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, ...
  • Lalitavistaraye Nirupita Bosat charitapadanaya 
    Rewatha, Udawela (Sarada Journal, Department Of Pali and Buddhist, University of kelaniya, 2009)
  • Language Acquisition Patterns: A Case Study of a Child Acquiring Sinhalese as the First Language 
    Weerawardhana, V. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Child language acquisition is an innate strategy which reveals the psychological base of human language. Innate hypothesis is the pre-knowledge of the language. Human beings are born with this ability of internalising the ...
  • 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 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 ...
  • 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 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 ...
  • Language Policy Changes and its Impact on the Civil War in Sri Lanka 
    Jayasinghe, V.U. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Language is an indispensible human endowment that is used for communication and is always meant to be used for affirmative discourse. Yet, language itself has become crucial in creating dissension in many parts of the ...
  • Language Policy Implementation: A Comparative Study between Sri Lanka and Canada 
    Wickramasinghe, P.D.D.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Accommodation of a multi-ethnic population within a territory of a single state has been largely acknowledged as a worldwide issue due to the problems stemming out from the linguistic disparities. In the most of the countries ...

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