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Effectiveness of the Use of Dialects in Literary Translation (With Special Reference to the Sinhalese Translation of Earnest Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea")

Shavoni, D.P.N.; de Alwis, K.K.L. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Dialects play an indispensable role in an effective translation. A dialect is a form of a language unique to a particular region or a social group. These social dialects spawn according to the social boundaries like ...
Phono-semantic Matching in the Sinhalese Language: A Neologisation Process Innovated by Cumaratnnga Mnnidasa

Randula, K.K.G. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
The Uplifting of Native Language of Kenya under the Influence of Colonial Language Planning

Sooriyaarachchil, S.A.S.T.; Senadheera, R.H. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Language is one of the prominent resources that should be planned for the sociopolitical wellbeing of a multi-lingual and multi-ethnic country. This research focuses on the language planning of Kenya, a country in Africa. ...
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 ...
A Linguistic Analysis on the Lexical and Language Change of the Two Films "Pravegaya" and "Kolamba Sanniya"

Karunathilake, P.M.A.U. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

The main target of this research is exploring the evaluation of lexicon and language of two films respectively "Kolamba Sanniya" and "Pravegaya". The research question was finding out how the language has been changed ...
A Linguistic Study on the Impact of Facebook on the Sinhalese Language

Samudra, D.W.B. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

One of the current trends in the modem society is the frequent use of Facebook and it is being used almost everywhere in the world. Using Facebook is very much popular among Sinhalese speakers as well. Being a popular ...
Presenting Sinhalese Cultural Words in English: A Study Based on Leonard Woolfs "The Village in the Jungle"

Darshika, K.M.H.; Uthurawala, D.W. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

The students of literary translation as well as the writers who are interested in writing about alien cultures in their native language, encounter problems in presenting cultural words of that particular community. As ...
The Relevance of the Word - for - Word Translation Method

Wijesinghe, W.R.A.I.D.; Jayasinghe, D.S.H.; Fernando, I.S.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Peter Newmark had given an in depth analysis on the subject area of translation. In 1998 in the book of "A text book of translation" he had given an acceptable definition on language translation and 8 methods of translating ...
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 ...
The Impact of Sinhalese on Muslim Tamil: A Study Based on the Muslims of Atulugama Area

Hettihewa, A.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Language mixing is a common linguistic phenomenon practiced in bilingual or multilingual contexts. People who live in a bilingual or multilingual communication environment usually have a tendency to use two or more ...
Translation as a Method of Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language

Kankanange, S.; de Silva, M.; Jayaweera, A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Translation is considered as a traditional methodology of teaching and learning a foreign language as a second language. It encourages the L2 learner to think in one language and transform into another by acting as a ...
A Study on the Problems Occurred in Novel Translation

Sanjaya, G.; Senaratne, T.; Thathsarani, U. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Translation is the comprehension of the meaning of the text and the subsequent production on an equivalent text that communicates the same message in another language. In this translation process translators definitely ...
The Effects of Television Cartoons on Language Change and Behaviour of Children

Madushani, K.A.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

The aim of this study is to analyse the effects of television cartoons on language change and behaviour of children. The research problem is given as "how do these cartoons affect our child language and their behaviour?" ...
Issues of Subtitling Faced by the Translator and the Audience

Jayasinghe, S.; Egodage, W. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Subtitling is a prevalent method used to translate foreign dialogues of a movie or television program to be usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. Viewers are generally well motivated to understand what is shown ...
A Comparative Study on the Lexicon of 'The Village in the Jungle' and its Sinhalese Translation 'Beddegama'

Waththegedaral, P.T.S.S.; Karunathilaka, T.S.; Muthumali, H.P. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Translation is not just a translation of words but it is a creative act of translating the whole idea of source language into target language. The aim of this research is to compare the lexical meanings of Leonard Woolt's ...
First Language Interference in the Usage of English as the Second Language in Sri Lanka

de Silva, P.M. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

The English Language is considered as the second language in Sri Lanka and it plays the role of the linking language as well . Therefore, Sri Lankan citizens give a priority to learn English well .Though Sri Lankan English ...
A Study on Translating Idioms from English to Sinhalese

Nanayakkara, A.; Nagodawithana, A.; Madhusanka, C. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

Every language has its peculiar turns of expression. The peculiar uses of particular words and phrases which have become stereotyped by usage are known as the idioms of a language. It is generally agreed that idiomatic ...
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 ...
The Importance of Television in Order to Improve English as a Second Language among Children

Peiris, T.G. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the television channels can make sensible influence in improving the English knowledge among the children in the country. Fluency in a second language is of course not ...
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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