The Ceylon Antiquary and Literary Register
Author: John M. Senaveratna
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 360
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Author: John M. Senaveratna
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 360
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Published: 1917
Total Pages: 382
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ceylon
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 454
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ceylon. Registrar-General's Dept
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 514
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Simon Gregory Perera
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9788120618435
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Kaplan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1317981804
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume covers the language situation in Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages. Two of the authors are indigenous to the situations described while the other has undertaken extensive field work and consulting there. The three monographs contained in this volume draw together the literature on each of the polities to present an overview of the research available about each of them, while providing new research-based information. The purpose of the volume is to provide an up-to-date overview of the language situation in each polity based on a series of key questions in the hope that this might facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities where similar issues may arise. This book was published as special issues of Current Issues in Language Planning.
Author: Peter Claus
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-10-28
Total Pages: 741
ISBN-13: 1000101223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.
Author: Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 348
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan Spencer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 1134949790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the past decade, Sri Lanka has been engulfed by political tragedy as successive governments have failed to settle the grievances of the Tamil minority in a way acceptable to the majority Sinhala population. The new Premadasa presidency faces huge economic and political problems with large sections of the island under the control of the Indian Peace-Keeping Force (IPKF) and militant separatist Tamil groups operating in the north and south. This book is not a conventional political history of Sri Lanka. Instead, it attempts to shed fresh light on the historical roots of the ethnic crisis and uses a combination of historical and anthropologial evidence to challenge the widely-held belief that the conflict in Sri Lanka is simply the continuation of centuries of animosity between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. The authors show how modern ethnic identities have been made and re-made since the colonial period with the war between Tamils and the Sinhala-dominant government accompanied by rhetorical wars over archeological sites and place-name etymologies, and the political use of the national past. The book is also one of the first attempts to focus on local perceptions of the crisis and draws on a broad range of sources, from village fieldwork to newspaper controversies. Its interest extends beyond contemporary politics to history, anthropology and development studies.