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  • A Comparative Analysis on Cases in Sinhalese and Tamil Languages 
    Hearth, H.M.N.D.; Ranathunga, R.A.U.M.; Amarasooriya, Y.W.S.N. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The Sinhalese language which belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family and the Tamil language which belongs to the Dravidian language family have been co-existing and interacting in different social situations and contexts ...
  • A Comparative Study between English Version of Facebook and its Sinhalese Translated Version: Suggestions for Improvement. 
    Keerthiwansha, N. W. B. S. (International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), 2017 Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Facebook has become one of the most prominent social media applications in the world. At present, it has opened up the translation application to every user in order to translate Facebook into every major language on earth ...
  • The Difficulties Related to Cases Encountered by Sinhalese Native Speakers in Learning Tamil as a Second Language 
    Yomali, G.; Dissananyake, S.; Jayathissa, H. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Many Sinhalese native speakers learn Tamil as a second language. However speakers of Sinhalese language often make mistakes while learning Tamil. The aim of the research is to bring into discussion the problem faced by ...
  • Future Tense in Spoken Tamil and Spoken Sinhalese: A Comparative Analysis 
    Subramaniam, A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Syntax differs from language to language. The second language learners find it hard to understand the syntax of the language they learn when it differs from the syntax of their mother tongue. Thus the similarities and ...
  • The Impact of Tamil Lexicon on the Sinhalese Language 
    Bandara, H.M.S.M.; Pathmasiri, P.S.S.; de Silva, Y.G.H.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Sinhalese and Tamillanguages are used as official languages in Sri Lanka. It is apparent that both these languages have had a great amount of influence on each other. Linguistics borrowing into both languages can be ...
  • Issues Faced by the Third Year Undergraduate Students in Practicing Interpretation for Translation Methods 
    Keerthiwansha, N.W.B.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Interpretation is the process of converting an expression delivered in source language into a comparable meaning in a target language either simultaneously in real time or consecutively when the speaker pauses after ...
  • The Reasons behind Japanese – Sinhalese Cultural Translation Errors 
    Balasooriya, B.A.D.N. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Quality language translation aims to share the knowledge and bridge the communication with world. Recently the language translation has become one of the most in- demand job opportunities for foreign language learning ...
  • A Study on the Influence of the English Language on the Formation of Compound Words in the Sinhalese Language. 
    Sameera, M. A. G. J. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    A Compound word is formed by shortening a few words into one word. It is done to make the language precise in practical usage. The author of ‘Sidath Sangarawa’ has introduced five methods of creating Sinhala Compound words. ...
  • Tenses in Tamil and Sinhalese in Written Language 
    Maithripalal, H.K.D.P.B.; Mallawaarachchi, M.A.S.P.K.; Kaushalya, A.S.R. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Tarnil and Sinhalese are the major languages in Sri Lanka. Sinhalese belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family and Tamil belongs to the Dravidian language family. Tenses play a main role in a language. Tenses express 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‟ ...
  • Weaknesses of Google Translation; A Study Based on Sinhalese and English Languages 
    Wijesinghe, A.; Kaluarachchi, S.S.; Weerangani, S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The process of translating words or text from one language into another is known as translation. It communicates the meaning of a source language text into a target language. It is used for legal, official, literary works ...

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