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Browsing Humanities by Subject "Bilingualism"

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  • Bilingualism and language pollution: A study on the impact of practicing mixed English in communication 
    Ihalagama, H.A.S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The majority of Sinhalese people use their mother tongue as the main vehicle of communication, but there is a growing trend of mixing English terms with Sinhala terms in communication activities. It is ...
  • The De-Facto status of the implementation of the official languages policy in police stations of Sri Lanka 
    Wickramasinghe, D.D. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The police in any given country are the guardian of the law and trust who is vested with the responsibility of maintaining public peace. Thus, they are expected to deal with the public more often than any another ...
  • The influence of English language on the Spanish speakers 
    Warnakulasooriya, P. (Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This study will be mainly focusing on three sub topics: first how English has influenced the Hispanic community in the United States, secondly how English has influenced the English- Spanish bilinguals and thirdly how ...
  • 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 ...
  • Tanglish – The Hybrid Indian English. 
    Krishnasamy, K. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    New Englishes are evolving as a result of mixing English with a language. Tanglish, the hybrid variety is a blend of Tamil and English. This hybrid variety is popularly spoken by the youngsters in Tamilnadu. Advertising, ...
  • What is ‘Linguistic interference’? A linguistic study with special reference to the Sinhala and English languages 
    Assajithissa Thero, Kurupita (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    When a speaker knows more than one language, because of their disparity, one language can be influenced by the other language. This is more familiar in the bilingual context. Contemporary, Sri Lanka is a bilingual country. ...

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