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dc.contributor.authorSenthuran, S.-
dc.contributor.authorWijeratne, W.M.-
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-13T07:06:32Z-
dc.date.available2017-12-13T07:06:32Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationSenthuran, S. and Wijeratne, W.M. (2017). Present Tense in Jaffna Tamil and Sinhala –A Contrastive Study:Based on Comrie‟s Point of View. The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p127.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/18538-
dc.description.abstractThe 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 has two tenses: past and non-past, whereas Tamil has three: present, past and future. According to Comrie‟s views, tenses are of two categories namely, absolute tense and relative tense. Tamil and Sinhala languages have the absolute and relative tense categories. Present tense is under the category of absolute tense. Data were collected from written documents and novels. The sample consists of hundred students from University of Jaffna and University of Kelaniya. Collected data were analysed using structural linguistic method, and descriptive and contrastive analysis methods, taking in to consideration Comrie‟s views on tenses. A number of similarities and dissimilarities between present tense in the two languages are identified. Similarities such as present forms to express future time reference, and both languages having the present tense suffixes and time adverbs to indicate time of an event were highlighted. Further, dissimilarity including the agreement of present tense forms in Tamil with their subject in number, gender and person, unlike in spoken Sinhala were identified. .en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.en_US
dc.subjectAbsolute Tenseen_US
dc.subjectLocation of Situationen_US
dc.subjectPresent Tenseen_US
dc.subjectPresent Momenten_US
dc.subjectTamil and Sinhala Languagesen_US
dc.titlePresent Tense in Jaffna Tamil and Sinhala –A Contrastive Study:Based on Comrie‟s Point of View.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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