The Postcolonial Identity of Sri Lankan English |
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Manique Gunasekera. would write " Sri Lankan " when asked to state nationality ; the majority prefers to write either " Sinhalese " or " Tamil " 12 . 1 . Role of English Another aspect of the historic role of English in Sri Lanka is the ...
Manique Gunasekera. would write " Sri Lankan " when asked to state nationality ; the majority prefers to write either " Sinhalese " or " Tamil " 12 . 1 . Role of English Another aspect of the historic role of English in Sri Lanka is the ...
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... in Sri Lanka , but it is not the English of the colonizer , it is the English of the once colonized . It is Sri Lankan English , with its borrowings and influences from Sinhalese and Tamil , as used in Sri Lanka . This variety has ...
... in Sri Lanka , but it is not the English of the colonizer , it is the English of the once colonized . It is Sri Lankan English , with its borrowings and influences from Sinhalese and Tamil , as used in Sri Lanka . This variety has ...
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... Sri Lanka Portuguese was the lingua franca of the island . He goes on to say that Sri Lanka Portuguese was based on pidgin Portuguese , which was brought to Sri Lanka . Sri Lanka Portuguese is based on this language , with Tamil and Sinhala ...
... Sri Lanka Portuguese was the lingua franca of the island . He goes on to say that Sri Lanka Portuguese was based on pidgin Portuguese , which was brought to Sri Lanka . Sri Lanka Portuguese is based on this language , with Tamil and Sinhala ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Elitist English | 33 |
Mixing Languages | 49 |
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