The Role of English in Post-Colonial Sri Lanka

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The main objective of this thesis is to understand the role of English in post-colonial Sri Lanka. The particular focus is on the way in which language is tied

Sri Lankans' Views on English in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras

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This book evaluates the views of different ethnic groups towards the English language in Sri Lanka for a period of almost two centuries. While a few studies hav

The Postcolonial Identity of Sri Lankan English

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The Postcolonial Identity of Sri Lankan English

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De-Hegemonizing Language Standards

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This study first establishes the discriminatroy and elitist nature of standard languages and standardisation itself, considering as counter-example the case of