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  • 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 ...
  • Perspective of the Post Advanced Level Students towards Second Language (L2) Speaking Anxiety. 
    Peiris, A. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    As observed, students in ESL classrooms find speaking as one of the most challenging tasks even though they had been studying the language for almost 13 years. There are some students who fear the word “speech”, and ...
  • Impact of Collaborative Writing on Learners of English as a Second Language. 
    Markandu, P. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Teaching English for the learners of English as a second language has undergone many changes in the recent times and numerous novel methods are being introduced to make language learning and writing more effective. ...
  • A Study on the Language Planning Situation in British Colonial Ceylon. 
    Perera, A. (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 prominent resources that should be planned for the socio-political well-being of a multilingual and multi-ethnic country. This study intends to examine the Colonial Period Language Planning of Ceylon, ...
  • First Language Interference: “Like” as in /wæni/. 
    Nadakumara, U.A. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Utilization of prepositions, among the learners of English as the second language, has been a much debated and researched topic in the field of linguistics. Abundant linguistic research is conducted upon the quotidian ...
  • Stance-Taking in Sinhala Discourse. 
    Perera, K. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Stance – or stance-taking - is a robust area of study in discourse that has been little applied in Sinhala. Stance is the study of linguistic resources used to express the speaker‟s emotions, attitudes, evaluation of and ...
  • 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, ...
  • Gendered Language: A Review of Available Literature. 
    Pathirana, U. P. N. N. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The most significant difference between human beings is the gender difference. Therefore, people of different genders will have their own gender characteristics, which leads to the gender differences in language. This study ...
  • A Study on the Utility of Hierarchical Phrase-Based Model for Low Resource Languages. 
    Shanmugarasa, Y.; Thayasivam, U. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    With the rebellion of internet, people got more opportunities to go global. There is the issue of communication, which is made more challenging due to difference in languages. English is the generally spoken language and ...
  • Intralingual Errors in the English Writing Produced by Sinhala Speaking Undergraduates: An Error Analysis. 
    Shashikala, H. P. L. W. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Learner errors are an inseparable part of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) since they serve as the best tool for interpreting the sources of learner errors and the strategies employed by the second language (L2) learner ...
  • Error-Analysis of Spoken English of Sri Lankan ESL Learners and Its Implications for Syllabus Design. 
    Silva, K. S. R. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Error analysis plays a significant role in language planning and syllabus design. It helps to identify the causes of common errors, and strategies used by language learners, and to obtain information on common difficulties ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 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 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. ...
  • Present Tense in Jaffna Tamil and Sinhala –A Contrastive Study:Based on Comrie‟s Point of View. 
    Senthuran, S.; Wijeratne, W.M. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The aim of this research is to find out the similarities and dissimilarities between present tense in Jaffna Tamil and Spoken Sinhala languages. This study is significant as tenses are not similar in all languages. Sinhala ...
  • Future Tense in Jaffna Tamil: Based on Comrie‟s Point of View. 
    Senthuran, S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    There are different types of tense systems in languages of the World. In Tamil language, morphologically there are three tenses namely: Present, Past and Future tense. According to Comrie‟s views, tenses are categorized ...
  • The Impact of Motivation to Learn a Second Language on Academic Performance of the Students: A Case Study on the Undergraduates of Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya. 
    Swarnasinghe, S. M. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    As the medium of instruction at the faculty is English, the majority of students who enter the faculty are obliged to change their medium of instruction from their first language to English. However, these students do not ...
  • Analysis of Learner Errors Seeking the Requisite Cognitive Skills to Address Them. 
    Rathnayake, W. M. P. Y. B.; Wijesekera, G. J. S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Analysis of errors (EA) in learner language in search of clues of language acquisition has been an interesting area of applied linguistics. Traditional EA approaches spot sources of learner errors in terms of interlingual ...
  • Difficulties Encountered in Teaching German Family Forms to Non-native Students. 
    Udayamali, S. A. T. S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Foreign language learning not only includes the acquisition of grammar and vocabulary but also the acquisition of a cultural competency related to the target language. However, acquiring cultural competency could be a ...

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