Author : B. D. K. Saldin
Publisher :
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Malay (Asian people)
ISBN :
Comparison of the Malay language spoken by the Malays in Sri Lanka with those in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Author : Sebastian Nordhoff
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 26,27 MB
Release : 2012-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004234136
Sri Lanka Malay shows extreme language contact: Malay phonology and lexicon are squared with clearly Indian morphosyntax and semantics. Historical, anthropological, typological and structural approaches shed light on the complex genesis and rapid evolution of this language.
Author : Ronit Ricci
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,39 MB
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1108480276
A ground-breaking exploration of exile and diaspora as they relate to place, language, religious tradition, literature and the imagination.
Author : Abdul Latiff Abu Bakar
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,9 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Ethnology
ISBN :
Symposium on the Malay minority in Sri Lanka; papers.
Author : Walter Nubin
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781590335734
This book provides an overview of the development of a small country, which on the one hand, is unique, and on the other hand, is also an interesting reflection and microcosm of the global economy. Sri Lanka's development is one of the contrasts, complicated by social conflicts and ethnic tensions. Social, political, economic and constitutional developments are considered. This is in accordance with the Sri Lankan tradition of seeing the world as a connected whole. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is an island in the Indian Ocean approximately 18 miles off the south-eastern coast of India with a population of about 19 million. Density is highest in the south-west where Colombo, the country's main port and industrial centre, is located. Sri Lanka is ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. Sri Lanka follows a non-aligned foreign policy. It participates in multilateral diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations, where it seeks to promote sovereignty, independence, and development in the developing world.
Author : Ronit Ricci
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 36,24 MB
Release : 2019-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1108572111
Lanka, Ceylon, Sarandib: merely three disparate names for a single island? Perhaps. Yet the three diverge in the historical echoes, literary cultures, maps and memories they evoke. Names that have intersected and overlapped - in a treatise, a poem, a document - only to go their own ways. But despite different trajectories, all three are tied to narratives of banishment and exile. Ronit Ricci suggests that the island served as a concrete exilic site as well as a metaphor for imagining exile across religions, languages, space and time: Sarandib, where Adam was banished from Paradise; Lanka, where Sita languished in captivity; and Ceylon, faraway island of exile for Indonesian royalty under colonialism. Utilising Malay manuscripts and documents from Sri Lanka, Javanese chronicles, and Dutch and British sources, Ricci explores histories and imaginings of displacement related to the island through a study of the Sri Lankan Malays and their connections to an exilic past.
Author : B. D. K. Saldin
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Malays
ISBN :
Author : Rajendra Singh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 2004-11-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783110179897
South Asia is home to a large number of languages and dialects. The considerable body of linguists working on this region have made significant contributions to our understanding of language, society, and language in society on a global scale. Despite this, there is as yet no recognized international forum for the exchange of ideas amongst South Asian linguists. The YEARBOOK OF SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS is designed to be just that forum. It brings together empirical and theoretical research and serves as a testing ground for the articulation of new ideas and approaches which may be grounded in a study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability. Each volume of this annual series will have four major sections: I. Invited contributions consisting of state-of-the-art essays on research in South Asian languages. II. Refereed open submissions focusing on relevant issues and providing various viewpoints. III. Reports from around the world book reviews and abstracts of doctoral theses. IV. A forum for dialogue; critiques; comments and discussions; reports on research activities; and conference announcements. In the words of the Editor-in-Chief, 'other than excellence and non-isolationism, we have no agenda and no thematic priorities'. This pioneering series will interest all those in the fields of sociolinguistics, language studies, grammar, literature and sociology.
Author : Peter Reeves
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 26,11 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9814260835
Well over a million people of Sri Lankan origin live outside South Asia. The Encyclopedia of the Sri Lanka Diaspora is the first comprehensive study of the lives, culture, beliefs and attitudes of immigrants and refugees from this island. The volume is a joint publication between the Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS, and Editions Didier Millet. It focuses on the relationship between culture and economy in the Sri Lanka diaspora in the context of globalisation, increased transnational culture flows and new communication technologies. In addition to the geographic mapping of the Sri Lanka diaspora in the various continents, thematic chapters include topics on “long distance nationalism”, citizenship, Sinhala, Tamil and Burgher disapora identities, religion and the spread of Buddhism, as well as the Sri Lankan cultural impact on other nations.
Author : M. M. Jocelyne Fernandez-Vest
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110393352
Information structure and the organization of oral texts have been rarely studied crosslinguistically. This book contains studies of the grammatical organization of information in languages from different areas (e.g. Amazonian, Finno-Ugric, South-Asian) from a variety of theoretical angles. It will be a valuable resource for researchers investigating the interaction of morphosyntax and discourse in familiar and less familiar languages.
