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... elite is limited to urban areas . As long as English is taught as a classroom subject only , this situation is likely to continue . Since no political party wants to be accused of being elitist and anti - nationalist by bringing back ...
... elite is limited to urban areas . As long as English is taught as a classroom subject only , this situation is likely to continue . Since no political party wants to be accused of being elitist and anti - nationalist by bringing back ...
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Manique Gunasekera. In the 21st century , the language uniting the elite is Sri Lankan English , although the elite is not happy to call it so . Happy in the belief that it is speaking British English , Sri Lanka's upper class fosters ...
Manique Gunasekera. In the 21st century , the language uniting the elite is Sri Lankan English , although the elite is not happy to call it so . Happy in the belief that it is speaking British English , Sri Lanka's upper class fosters ...
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... elite Partha S.Ghosh ( 2003 : 18 ) says that " ... Mercifully , however , English is still the lingua franca of the elite " and comments on the abun- dance of literature on the ethnic conflict in English . The lingua franca of the elite ...
... elite Partha S.Ghosh ( 2003 : 18 ) says that " ... Mercifully , however , English is still the lingua franca of the elite " and comments on the abun- dance of literature on the ethnic conflict in English . The lingua franca of the elite ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Elitist English | 33 |
Mixing Languages | 49 |
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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