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Browsing Humanities by Subject "official languages"

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  • Colonial Period Language Planning in Sri Lanka 
    Perera, A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    In linguistically heterogeneous societies, language planning constitutes core institutional practice for maintaining social cohesion as well as unique cultural identities. This study intends to examine the Colonial Period ...
  • 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 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...

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