Symposia & Conferences: Recent submissions

  • 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 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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?" ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Language Planning in Senegal: A Study Based on the Position of 'Wolof' as a National Language 
    Kekulawalal, S.; Samankumari, P.G. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Language planning refers to deliberate and systematic attempts taken to solve the language problems of the speech community. Government authority gives a prior contribution when planning a language through legislation, ...
  • Issues Faced by the Third Year Undergraduate Students in Practicing Interpretation for Translation Methods 
    Keerthiwansha, N.W.B.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Interpretation is the process of converting an expression delivered in source language into a comparable meaning in a target language either simultaneously in real time or consecutively when the speaker pauses after ...
  • Dubbing: Responses of the Sri Lankan Audience to Dubbing Foreign Movies! TV Series! Cartoons into Sinhalese 
    Keerthiwansha, N.W.B.S.; Alwis, N. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    It is generally believed that dubbing foreign movies into Sinhalese helps to bring the audience closer to enjoy stories that are not very familiar to the Sri Lankan background. It is considered as the most suitable method ...
  • An Analysis on Sinhalese Subtitling on the Movie "The Dictator” 
    Kaushalya, H.; Wickramasinghe, C.; Gunawardhana, T. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The cinema is a captivating, if complex route to the cultural sphere where it is born, which makes it difficult for the spectators from another lin/,'llistic dimension to grasp the notion behind the screen. This is one ...
  • Language Planning Situations in Sri Lanka and Singapore: A Comparative Study 
    Kamali, R.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Language planning can be defined as a deliberate attempt to change the linguistics behaviour of a speech community for a particular reason. It is often associated with the government planning. It can be initiated to push ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • A Comparative Study on the Novel "Giraya" by Punyakante Wijenaike and its Sinhalese Translation by Ceryl C. Perera 
    Dissanayake, R.; Gunasinghe, M.P.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Translation is the process of reproducing the source text in another language. Translations can be mainly categorised as technical and non-technical translations. The Translation of literary texts which belong to the ...
  • Corpus Planning Situation of the Sinhalese Language in the Latter Part of the 20th Centu'1'; A Linguistic Study on Word Dividing Rules 
    Dissanayake, K.C.M. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Corpus planning is involved with creating standard for a language such as spelling, grammar or creating dictionaries. It is a deliberate effort to influence the structure of the language. This study intends to analyse ...
  • A Comparative Analysis on Cases in Sinhalese and Tamil Languages 
    Hearth, H.M.N.D.; Ranathunga, R.A.U.M.; Amarasooriya, Y.W.S.N. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The Sinhalese language which belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family and the Tamil language which belongs to the Dravidian language family have been co-existing and interacting in different social situations and contexts ...
  • 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 ...

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