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  • Backward Anaphors. 
    Singh, H. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    This paper stipulates Referring expressions (with the special reference of „Backwardness‟ of such identity relations) in Punjabi. In natural languages, such expressions are in anaphoric nature and linguistically also ...
  • Brief Study on the Practical Use, Importance and Specific Variations of the Kansai Dialect in Contemporary Japanese Language. 
    Pallewatta, A. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    When considering Japanese language as a second language, all textbooks and educational tools generally focus only on the standard Japanese language which is also known as the language spoken in Tokyo. Therefore, non-Japanese ...
  • Buddhist Attitudes on the Ethical Values in Linguistic Communication. 
    Dhammanisanthi Thero, Ekala (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Language is one of the most valuable tools ever produced by humans for the communication of thoughts through verbal medium to have a good comprehension about its ethical background. The piece of knowledge conveyed through ...
  • Can Redda be worn by men? A review of A Dictionary of Sri Lankan English. 
    Hettiarachchi, H.V.A. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Sri Lankan English (SLE) is regarded as a newly Institutionalized variety of English, with its unique, phonological, morphological, syntactic features capable of representing the unique socio-cultural and linguistic ...
  • A Case Study on Effects of Communicative Teaching Method in Improving English Speaking Skills of Grade Ten Students. 
    Sebarajah, A. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The research focuses on fostering speaking skills through Communicative Language Teaching which has been attempted to adopt in ESL classrooms in schools in Sri Lanka by the Government since the late 1980s. (National Institute ...
  • A Case Study on Integrating First Language (L1) to English as a Second Language Classroom for Vocabulary Enhancement and Comprehension Augmentation. 
    Douglas, S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The debate of including or excluding the students‟ native language to an English as a second language classrooms has been a contentious issue for a long time. There is a need to experiment this issue and investigate the ...
  • A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Oral Approach in Internalizing the English Tenses. 
    Sandya, B. M.; Atchuthan, Y. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Writing sentences without making mistakes in the application of tenses is important to express the intended meaning. In Sri Lankan context, even though the students are learning English as a second language from the ...
  • A Case Study on the Impact of Task-based Language Teaching on Improving English Speaking Skills. 
    Chandrasoma, K.M.K.U. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Teaching English as a second language is gaining prominence within the scope of language teaching, where Task-based Language Teaching plays a major role, as it is comparatively a new method of English language teaching. ...
  • A Case Study on the University Students‟ Beliefs on the Methodology Used for English Language Teaching. 
    Dayananda, G.M.C.M.; Premaratne, C. D. H. M. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Beliefs are a main construct in the process of Language learning. Students‟ beliefs on the methodology that their teachers employ in improving language skills of the students play a major role in English language teaching ...
  • Challenges to Spoken Sri Lankan Tamil in the Post-war Period. 
    Kesavan, S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Sri Lanka has unique variety of spoken Tamil, which is different from Indian Tamil. Comparing with Indian-Tamil, Sri Lankan Tamil has several unique qualities. Sri Lankan Tamil is spoken in several areas in Sri Lanka such ...
  • Code Mixing as a Ruled Governed Phenomenon– A Study with Special Reference to the Tamil-English Mixed Discourse. 
    Sanmuganathan, K.; Wijerathne, W.M. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    In bilingual and multilingual societies, there are usually at least two interacting language groups, each representing different cultural and linguistic features. Sri Lanka is a multilingual country where there is a tendency ...
  • Code Switching and Code Mixing in an ESL Class: A Study of Undergraduates in a State University. 
    Samarakoon, S. M. S. S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Code switching and code mixing exist in bilingual societies where people use two or more languages to communicate. Being able to speak more than one language, bilinguals can code-switch and mix as means of effectively ...
  • The Common Linguistics Inheritance of Sanskrit between India and Japan. 
    Seelananda Thero, Kumburuwela; Yassassi Thero, Okkampitiye (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    There is a connection between Sanskrit and Japanese from long ago regarding Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts and other literary works. Usage of Indian script as sacred has an uninterrupted history in Japan. Therefore, the ...
  • A Comparative Study of Odia and Kui Morphology. 
    Penthoi, G. C. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Kui (ISO639-3 Code „Kxu‟) is a language spoken by Kondh or Kondha /Kɔndhɔ/ tribe. Majority of the Kui-speaking Kondhs live in the hilly and forested areas of South and central Odisha especially in the undivided districts ...
  • A Comparative Study of the Products of Machine Translations and Human Translations in the Field of Literary Translation. 
    Udeshika, O.P.D. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Translations can be mainly categorized as technical and non-technical translations. Literary translations which belongs to the category of non-technical translations are considered to be challenging than technical translations. ...
  • A Comparative Study on the Cultural Terms of the Drama The Caucassian Chalk Circle (English) by Bertolt Bretcht and Hunu Vataye Kathawa (Sinhala) by Henry Jayasena. 
    Jayasinghe, S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Translating the cultural terms is a challenging task in non technical translation. Nonetheless, if the translation is done in the very same context of the source text, the task of the translator becomes much easier. The ...
  • A Comprehensive Part of Speech (POS) Tag Set for Sinhala Language. 
    Dilshani, N.; Fernando, S.; Ranathunga, S.; Jayasena, S.; Dias, G. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Sinhala, which belongs to Indo-Aryan language family, is a morphologically complex language. Most of the features of the words are postpositionally affixed to the root word. Thus, well-developed Part of Speech (POS) tag ...
  • The Contrast between Jaffna Tamil and Upcountry Tamil: A Dialectological Study. 
    Yasmini, P. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The scientific study of dialects is known as dialectology, which is generally regarded as a subfield of sociolinguistics. Tamil, which belongs to the Dravidian language family, is one of the major languages spoken in Sri ...
  • A Contrastive Analysis of Pāņinī and Sārasvata on Historical Indian Grammaticism. 
    Samitharathana Thero, Wadigala (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Pāņinī and Sārasvata are dual approaches of Sanskrit grammatical analysis on historical philology. Vedic Grammar on Caturveda which appeared as Ŗg - Yajur - Sāma - Atharvāṃgīras was a grammatical configuration of Vedic ...
  • A Corpus-Based Morphological Analysis of Sinhala Verbs. 
    Dilshani, W.S.N.; Dias, G. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Verbs are essential components of a meaningful sentence and are important in understanding the sentence structure. This paper presents a morphological analysis of Sinhala verbs by combining traditional Sinhala grammar with ...

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