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  • The Meme Culture And Its Influence On Sri Lankan English Morphology 
    Abeythunga, M.; Jayasinghe, N.; Almeida, S. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    This research study demonstrates the influence of “internet memes” on the morphology of language and language usage among the Sri Lankan youth. With the rapidly growing trend of Internet and social media, popular social ...
  • Morphological Processes of SLE In Present Day Social Media 
    Jayarathna, D.; Wazeer, S.; Weerawarna, N. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Sri Lankan English (SLE) has an exclusive lexical repertoire distinct from other varieties of English used in the Asian subcontinent. The study of SLE morphology in social media is relatively an understudied area in the ...
  • Morphological Variations In ‘Sri Lankan Song Lyrics’ Written In Both Sinhala And English 
    Kavishka, D.; Nilaweera, I.; Illepperuma, A.S. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Entertainment currently plays an integral part in modern man’s life. Undoubtedly, music plays a significant role in the field of entertainment and it has changed rather remarkably due to the concept of globalization. More ...
  • Myths And Ideas On Learning English Speech In Pinnawala, Sri Lanka 
    Dilhara, S.; Herath, N.; Kavindi, R. (, Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    English speech has been given a lot of prominence in Sri Lanka in the ESL context. In the recent past, English was introduced as a life skill and is taught from grade one to grade eleven and is offered as a compulsory ...
  • Parental Attitude Towards Their Children Becoming Bilinguals 
    Bamunusinghe, H. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    First language acquisition of a child is determined by the attitudes of the care takers in the choices of which languages to teach their children, how to teach them and when to begin. Mostly the parents who use more than ...
  • A Phonological Study On The Japanese Numbers And The Counters 
    Wimalaweera, N. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    This research discusses about Japanese numbers and counters. There are Native Japanese numbers and Sino-Japanese numbers. When counting, numbers are attached with counters. Then, the pronunciation of the number and the ...
  • Pragmatic Application Of Back Translation As A Corrective Strategy To The Mistakes In Literary Translation: A Study With Reference To Agatha Christie’s Short Story Collection-The Thirteen Problems 
    Nanayakkara, A.; Nagodawithana, A.; Weerasiri, T. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Literary translation is a genre of literary form in which a work written in one language is re-created in another. Many translators believe that it is extremely difficult, if not impossible to translate works of literature. ...
  • Pride And Prejudice And Zombies: Popular Culture And The Re-Imagination Of Austen’s Classic 
    Boteju, L. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    This research study attempts to analyse Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in order to identify the influence of popular culture in the re-imagination of Jane Austen’s 18th century classic, Pride and ...
  • Should A Second Language Be Taught By A Native Speaker? 
    Wanniarachchi, N.; Ranathunge, S.; Siriwardhana, V. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Throughout the history of linguistics, many research studies have proven that a second language should be taught by a native speaker of the target language. Since Leonard Bloomfield’s army method (audio-lingual method), ...
  • Sinhala Phonological Features Of A One And Half Year Old Child 
    Lakmali, M.M.A. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Sound production is an integral aspect in the first language acquisition of a child. There are more features in the order of the production of sounds of a child in any language. The present study leads to the identification ...
  • A Socio –Linguistic Study on The Register Used in Aviation 
    Muththunga, M.M.S.C. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    In linguistics, register is defined as a variety of language determined by subject matter. Generally, a switch into a particular register engages little more than turning to a particular set of words associated with the ...
  • Structural Analysis Of Hybridization As A Morphological Process Of Sinhala English Code-Mixed Advertisements In Sri Lanka 
    De Silva, D.B.P.M. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Advertising is a creative art and it is used as a tool to connect a brand with a consumer. The attributes such as the target audience, product, services and the image the advertiser wishes to create in the mind of the ...
  • A Study On English-Sinhala Subtitle Translation; With Special Reference To The Movie “Goodfellas” And Its Sinhala Subtitles 
    Wijayabandara, T. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2018)
    Field of translation is exponentially expanding. Simultaneously, motion picture industry has reached its heights. Movies are culturally sensitive and they belong to one language. Therefore, involvement of another language ...
  • A Study On Language Socialization In Bilingual Daycares Around Nugegoda 
    Weerarathna, A.M.P.H. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2018)
    Inspired by the developmental stages of the first language acquisition (FLA), and with the context and cultural situations, the current study of learning patterns in daycares explores the language socialization as a main ...
  • A Study On Teaching/Learning Of English To Visually Impaired Students In Sri Lanka 
    Rathnayake, I.A. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2018)
    This research study examines some of the basic issues that have impacted the teaching/learning process of English language to visually impaired students in Sri Lanka. The research study is conducted with the awareness that ...
  • Trilingual Code Mixing Between Tamil, Sinhala And English 
    Maldeniye, A.S. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Trilingualism is a common phenomenon in the contemporary society as code mixing between the three languages; Sinhala, Tamil and English, can be considered as important in a multi-cultural society. This paper analyzes ‘how ...
  • Unattainability Of Abhiññā (Super Cognition) That Perceives Smell, Taste And Touch 
    Ven. Warakagoda Dhammananda (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Pali and Buddhist studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    In Sāmaññaphala sutta of Digha Nikāya, six kinds of Abhiññās are described. Two of them are called Dibbasota (clairaudience) and Dibbacakku (clairvoyance). The first of these two is the paranormal power of hearing sounds, ...

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