The Postcolonial Identity of Sri Lankan English |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 70
Page 19
... Sinhalese and Tamil , the main languages of the country . To a miniscule section of the population , i.e. the totally anglicized , Eng- lish was an all purpose language , but this group could always choose another language if it wished ...
... Sinhalese and Tamil , the main languages of the country . To a miniscule section of the population , i.e. the totally anglicized , Eng- lish was an all purpose language , but this group could always choose another language if it wished ...
Page 75
... Tamil and Muslim1 ethnic groups in Sri Lanka . The language riots of 1958 , with police storming buses and asking in Sinhalese , ' Are there Tamils here ? ' along with the general suppression of Tamil speaking minorities , were abated ...
... Tamil and Muslim1 ethnic groups in Sri Lanka . The language riots of 1958 , with police storming buses and asking in Sinhalese , ' Are there Tamils here ? ' along with the general suppression of Tamil speaking minorities , were abated ...
Page 80
... Sinhalese since the majority will be monolingual speakers of Sinhalese . If the Tamil speaking minority feels marginalized now , it will feel much worse as English ceases to be one of the languages of governance in the next generation ...
... Sinhalese since the majority will be monolingual speakers of Sinhalese . If the Tamil speaking minority feels marginalized now , it will feel much worse as English ceases to be one of the languages of governance in the next generation ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Elitist English | 33 |
Mixing Languages | 49 |
Copyright | |
7 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abbreviation accent adjective associated become bilingual borrowing from Sinhalese borrowing from Tamil British British English Buddhist called caste characteristic close colloquial Colombo colonial compound noun considered culture derogatory describe discussion Dutch elite English in Sri English word ethnic example expression front given Glossary going governance identity included influence Jaffna kind language linguistic looks majority Malay marker Michigan mixing morphological Muslim native official official language originally person phrase political Portuguese Professor refers reflects represents rice round sari schools served similar Sinhala Sinhalese and Tamil Sinhalese means Sinhalese word social society speak speakers speech Sri Lankan English SSLE Standard suffix sweet Table Tamil term thing traditional transfer translation University usually variety of English verb vowel women writing