Publications

Books Authored

  • 2018    ‘සිංහල භාෂාවේ නවපදීකරණය, ව්‍යාකරණය සහ ව්‍යවහාරය’ [Neologisation, Grammar and Usage of the Sinhalese Language], A Compendium of Articles. Colombo: S. Godage & Brothers. ISBN: 978-955-30-9114-7
  • 2018    ‘ශුද්ධාත්මවාද මිථ්‍යාව, කුමරතුඟු මඟ සහ හුදු හෙළුව’ [Distortion of Puristic Ideology, Cumaratunga’s Way & Pure Helese], A Compendium of Articles. Colombo: S. Godage & Brothers. ISBN: 978-955-30-9115-4
  • 2016    ‘උත්ප්‍රාසය : සාහිත්‍ය විචාරය හා බැඳුණු උත්ප්‍රාසය සංකල්පය පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනයක්’ [Irony: A Study of the Concept of Irony Involved in Literary Criticism], co-authored with Dr. H. W. Bihesh Indika Sampath. Colombo: S. Godage & Brothers. ISBN: 978-955-30-7389-1
  • 2012    ‘කන්නන්ගර යුග මෙහෙවර’ [Kannangara Yuga Mehewara], the unabridged Sinhalese translation of “Dogged Perseverance Coupled with Fearless Advocacy”. Colombo: Department of Government Information.

Volumes Edited

  • 2019     ‘මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පර්යේෂණ වාක්කෝශය – පළමු වෙළුම’ [Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Humanities and Social Sciences – Vol. 1], co-edited with Ven. Pinnawala Sanghasumana et.al. Gangodawila: Multidisciplinary Research Centre, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. ISBN: 978-955-4908-84-0
  • 2017     Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL 2017): Abstracts, co-edited with N. W. B. S. Keerthiwansha. Kelaniya: Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya. ISSN: 2513-2954
  • 2017     ‘සම්ප්‍රේක්ෂණ ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය : පස් වැනි කලබ’ [Samprēkṣaṇa Academic Journal: Vol. 05], Kelaniya: Linguistics Students’ Association, University of Kelaniya. ISSN: 2536-8818
  • 2015     Undergraduate Research Symposium 2015: Abstracts, co-edited with Isurinie A. Mallawaarachchi et al. Kelaniya: Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
  • 2010     ‘විජ්ජා උදපාදි ධර්ම ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය’ [Vijjā Udapādi: Buddhist Journal], co-edited with W. Nalaka Jayasena de Silva. Galle: Richmond College Buddhist Society. ISBN: 978-955-0203-00-0

Journal Articles & Book Chapters

  • 2019     An Analysis of Definitions & Morphosyntactic Features of the Linguistic Element Prakṛti in the Sinhalese Language in in W. M. Wijeratna & J. S. Wijesekara (eds.), Moḷiyamirdam: S. J. Yogarājah Felicitation Volume pp. 163 – 175
  • 2019     ‘කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාසයන් ලොවට හඳුන්වා-දුන් නව පද සාධන විධියක් වන ශබ්දාර්ථ අනුයෝගය’ [A Neologisation Process Introduced by Cumaratunga Munidasa: Phono-Semantic Matching] in Srinat Ganewatta & S. V. P. Sirisena (eds.), Saṃskrti: Cumaratunga Munidasa Special Number. pp. 97-114
  • 2018     ‘කුණ්ඩලකේසී කථා වස්තුව: ගැටපද විවරණය’ [Glossary: Kundalakesi’s Story] in Ven. Ginikatuwäwē Vipula Thēra (ed.), Usas Peḷaṭa Niyamita Saddharmaratnāvalī Vichāra Saṃhitā. Gampola: Sithmini International Publishers. pp. 62-77
  • 2018     ‘භාෂණ සිංහල ව්‍යාකරණයෙහි නිරූපිත ද්විරූපතා ලක්ෂණ’ [Diaglossic Features in Spoken Sinhalese Grammar] in Neil Pushpa Kumara et al (eds.), Abhiwandanā: Volume Dedicated to Most Ven. Legumdeṇiye Piyaratana Nāyaka Thēra. pp. 110-132
  • 2017     ‘දන්තෝපචාරජ ඝෝෂ ඌෂ්ම/ ඝර්ෂ ශබ්දය [z] ලේඛන සිංහලයෙහි නිරූපණය කිරීම’ [Representing the Alveolar Voiced Sibilant/ Fricative [z] in the Literary Sinhalese] in Wāgīšā: Volume Dedicated to Senior Prof. R. M. W. Rajapaksha. pp. 98-110
  • 2017     ‘සිංහල භාෂාවේ ගෙන් [gen], ගේ [ge:], හට [haṭa] විභක්ති සූචක ත්‍රයයෙහි පදිම ප්‍රවර්ග විනිශ්චය’ [Determining the Morphemic Category of the Case Markers f.ka [gen], f.a [ge:], yg [haṭa] in the Sinhalese Language] in Wāgīšā: Volume Dedicated to Prof. A. C. Premarathna. pp. 215-227
  • 2017     ‘ප්‍රකෘති විෂයක නෛරුක්තික වර්ගීකරණය සහ අනුරූප පද සංයෝග ව්‍යවහාරය ’ [The Etymological Classification of Stems and the Usage of Compatible Word Combinations] in Ven. Ginikatuwäwe Vipula Thēra (ed.), Tatsama – Tadbhawa Wachana Saha Anurūpa Wachana Bhāwitaya: Gampola: Sithmini, pp.83-104
  • 2017     ‘නූතන සිංහල වාක්කෝශය පෝෂණය කිරීමෙහි ලා කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාසයන් ගේ දායකත්වය’ [The Contribution of Cumaratunga Munidaasa towards the Enrichment of the Modern Sinhalese Lexicon] in K. K. Ganushka Randula (ed.), Samprēkṣaṇa. Kelaniya: Department of Linguistics. pp. 46-60
  • 2016     Phono-semantic Matching in the Sinhalese Language: A Neologisation Process Innovated by Cumaratunga Munidasa in Maheshi Probodhani Dias Gunasinghe et al (eds.), URCL 2016 – Undergraduate Research Conference on Linguistics. Kelaniya: Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya. pp. 13-21
  • 2015     ‘සිංහල ගීත සාහිත්‍යයේ සී. ටී. ප්‍රනාන්දු මුද්‍රාව ’ [The Emblem of C. T. Fernando in the Sinhalese Music Industry] in Ashoka Premaratna & Jayantha Aravinda (eds.), Saṃskrti 25 (2) October 2015, Borelasgamuwa: Saṃskrti Publication. pp. 76-88
  • 2015     ‘සිංහලයේ විභක්ති සූචක අපර නිපාතවල ඓතිහාසික විකසනය’ [Historical Change of the Case Denoting Postpositions in Sinhalese] in Rev. Thamaduwe Dewananda (ed.), Prācīnōdaya: Academic Journal for the Final Examination of the Royal Pandit Degree. Matara: Siri Ratanapāla Maha Piriwena. pp. 68-100
  • 2015     ‘ලංකා ජාතික සංගම් වේදිකාවේ ජයන්ත වීරසේකර දේශපාලන භූමිකාව’ [The Political Career of Jayantha Wirasekara in Ceylon National Congress] in Srinath Ganewatta et al (eds.), Jayantha Wirasekara Ägäyuma. Colombo: Heḷa Havula. pp. 25-40
  • 2014     ‘ගාලු පුරේ කතා බහ: සමකාලීන ගාලු පුර ප‍්‍රාදේශික ව්‍යවහාරය පිළිබඳ වාග්විද්‍යාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්’ [A Sociolinguistic Study of the Contemporary Regional Dialect of Galle], in Prasad de Silva (ed.), Sahṛda Prasādī: the Journal of the Richmond College Arts Society. Galle: Richmond College Arts Society. pp. 123-132.

Abstracts & Conference Papers

  • 2019     Auxiliary Noun in Colloquial Sinhalese: An Attempt to Theorise an Unorthodox Declensional Pattern, awaiting presentation at the Annual Research Conference of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo.
  • 2019     An Appreciation of Aelian de Silva’s Contribution as a Neologist, presented at the International Conference on the Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
  • 2018     Iconic Gaṇapati to Aniconic Pillaiyār: An Archaeological and Ethnographical Study on Iconographic Variations of Gaṇēsha Figures in Sri Lanka, 4th International Conference on Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya.
  • 2018     A Structural Linguistic Study of Cumaratunga Munidasa’s Neologisms of Sanskrit Origin, presented at the 3rd International Conference on Sanskrit & Eastern Studies, University of Kelaniya.
  • 2017     Relevance of the Morphological Concepts Root, Stem, and Base in the Structural Analysis of Sinhalese Words, presented at the 3rd International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka.
  • 2017     Dravidised Sanskrit Loan Words in Sinhalese: A Case of Translinguistic Borrowing, presented at the Annual Research Conference of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo.
  • 2017     An Etymological Study of the Contemporary Suburban Dialect of Galle, presented at the 10th Annual Research Conference of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
  • 2016     Tree Preservation Policy in Ancient Ceylon as Depicted in Attāṇi Pillar Edicts of the Anuradhapura Period, presented at the National Green Conference of the University of Kelaniya.
  • 2016     An Evaluation of Cumaratunga Munidasa’s Contribution as a Neologist, presented at the 9th Annual Research Conference of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
  • 2016     Determining the Morphemic Category of the Case Markers ගෙන් [gen], ගේ [ge:], හට [haṭa] in the Sinhalese Language, presented at the 3rd International Research Symposium of the University of Rajaraṭa, Mihintale.
  • 2015     A Morphological Study of the Word Formation Processes in Sinhalese Slanguage, presented at the 8th Annual Research Conference of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
  • 2015     The Contribution of Cumaratunga Munidasa as an Individual Language Planner, presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
  • 2015     The Contribution of Cumaratunga Munidasa as a Neologist, presented at GNOSIS: the 2nd Annual Students’ Research Symposium of the Department of English, University of Kelaniya.
  • 2013     Substitution of Tharu Akuru to the Telephone Dial, presented at the 6th Annual Research Conference of the Royal Asiatic Society
  • 2012     Representation of Alveolar Voiced Sibilant / Fricative (z) in the Sinhalese Language, presented at the 1st International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura.

Invited Talks

  • 28.09.2019     ‘සාහිත්‍ය පරිවර්තනයේ දුෂ්කරතා’ [Difficulties in Literary Translation], guest speech delivered at the launch of Mano Fernando’s book ‘ඇමරිකානුවන් දුටු ලක්දිව සිරිය’, Colombo: International Book Fair, BMICH.
  • 11.07.2019     ‘තෙන්නකෝන් විමලානන්ද සහ උඩරට මහ කැරැල්ල’ [Tennakoon Wimalananda & The Great Rebellion of 1818], guest speech delivered at the launch of Ratnayake Tillakaratne’s book ‘1818 උඩරට මහ කැරැල්ල: ප්‍රථම කාණ්ඩය’, Colombo: Mahaweli Centre.
  • 28.03.2019     ‘කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාසයන් ගේ භාෂා පරිවර්තන කෞශල්‍යය’ [Translation Skills of Cumaratunga Munidasa], guest speech delivered at the 75th Commemoration of Cumaratunga Munidasa, Colombo: University of Colombo.
  • 05.03.2019     ‘සිංහල භාෂාවේ වර්තමාන අභියෝග’ [Current Challenges faced by the Sinhalese Language], speech delivered at the panel discussion to mark the 75th Commemoration of Cumaratunga Munidasa, Colombo: Press Council.
  • 07.03.2018     ‘ශාස්ත්‍රීය ලිපියක සැකැස්ම’ [Writing an Academic Paper], guest speech delivered at the special workshop on Academic Writing Skills, Homagama: Sri Lanka Buddhist and Pāli University.
  • 29.08.2017     ‘සිංහල ලේඛනයට ණ, න, ළ, ල ඕනෑ ද?’ [Does ṇ, n, ḷ, l Distinction Matter in Sinhalese Writing?], speech delivered at the panel discussion on the Sinhalese orthography, Homagama: Sri Lanka Buddhist and Pāli University.
  • 02.03.2017     ‘කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාසයන් ලොවට හඳුන්වා-දුන් නව පද සාධන විධියක් වන ශබ්දාර්ථ අනුයෝගය’ [A Neologisation Process Introduced by Cumaratunga Munidasa: Phono-Semantic Matching], speech delivered at the 73rd commemoration of Cumaratunga Munidasa, Colombo: Heḷa Havula.
  • 09.11.2016     ‘Phono-semantic Matching in the Sinhalese Language: A Neologisation Process Innovated by Cumaratunga Munidasa’, keynote speech delivered at the Undergraduate Research Conference on Linguistics: URCL 2016. University of Kelaniya.
  • 05.04.2015     ‘සිංහල භාෂා ව්‍යාකරණ විෂයයෙහි සුචරිත ගම්ලත් සම්ප්‍රදානය’ [The Contribution of Sucharitha Gamlath towards Sinhalese Grammatical Studies], speech delivered at the 02nd commemoration of Sucharitha Gamlath, Colombo: Brhaspati Sarasaviya.