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... Native speaker Another issue pertaining to an analysis of Sri Lankan English is the notion of the native speaker . There is a fairly widespread belief that a native speaker is a speaker of one language only . In a multicultural society ...
... Native speaker Another issue pertaining to an analysis of Sri Lankan English is the notion of the native speaker . There is a fairly widespread belief that a native speaker is a speaker of one language only . In a multicultural society ...
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... speaking British English , Sri Lanka's upper class fosters the idea that to be truly up market , one needs to be fluent ... native speaker of Sri Lankan English Top Guruleeththuva Bottom An abbo ( t ) at work The Postcolonial Identity of ...
... speaking British English , Sri Lanka's upper class fosters the idea that to be truly up market , one needs to be fluent ... native speaker of Sri Lankan English Top Guruleeththuva Bottom An abbo ( t ) at work The Postcolonial Identity of ...
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... native speakers of English . However , each one has declared either Sinhalese or Tamil to be his or her mother tongue , with the exception of the Foreign Minister . 6 . Politics and mother tongue This distinction between ' native speaker ...
... native speakers of English . However , each one has declared either Sinhalese or Tamil to be his or her mother tongue , with the exception of the Foreign Minister . 6 . Politics and mother tongue This distinction between ' native speaker ...
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