Research Projects 

Works in Progress

2019/2020

Post-War Sri Lankan Language Planning Project; Funded by University of Colombo Research Grants- Small Grants – 2020

2018

Conversation Analysis of Sinhala Conversations; Collaborated with 3^rd year students of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo

Rules for Phonology of Sinhala Language; collaborated with 4^th year students of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo

2017

Resilience of linguistic minorities to lingua-ethnic paradoxes: Linguistic Biographic study on Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese

Rajapaksa Dilemma of Language Policy Planning (LPP) in Sri Lanka: A Cross-section of Rajapaksa Language Policy (RLP)

Skeletons in the closet: Impact of Nationalism in Post-conflict Language Policy Planning in Sri Lanka (from 2009-present)

 Impact of Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism in Post-conflict Language Policy Planning in Sri Lanka (from 2009-present)

Features of Cross-language Discourse Construction among Spanish/English Bilingual Men &Women, Group research with Astrid Sierra and Racheal Winfrey (Research Advisor- Dr. Olga Pahom)

Courses Under Radar: A course logic study of Academic Writing (ESL-5315) program at TTU (Research Advisor- Dr. Greta Gorsuch)

Identity reconstruction and Linguistic transmission of Diasporic Sri Lankan Communities in the USA: A case study of L2 learning stories of Sinhala Community in Lubbock, Texas (Research advisor- Dr. Kimi Nakatsukasa)

 

Research Experience

2016 – 2019

Skeletons in the closet: Impact of Nationalism in Post-conflict Language Policy Planning in Sri Lanka (from 2009-present)

 Impact of Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism in Post-conflict Language Policy Planning in Sri Lanka (from 2009-present)

Features of Cross-language Discourse Construction among Spanish/English Bilingual Men &Women, Group research with Astrid Sierra and Racheal Winfrey (Research Advisor- Dr. Olga Pahom)

2015

Language Contact in Colonial Sri Lanka- Coexistence and Linguistic Cosmopolitanism of Sri Lanka’s Colonial Languages (From 1505- 1948)

2014

Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese today (2014): Post Tsunami (2004) and Post Civil war (1983-2009) dynamics- Co- Authored paper with Prof. Armin Schwegler

A Linguistic Demographic study of the Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese- Dissertation oriented research carried out during June 2010- April 2011 in the areas of Batticaloa District among the Creole speaking Burgher community.

2013

Characteristics of Martin Wickramasinghes’ Children’s Literature- Comparative study of Wickramasinghe ‘Galivraayanaya’ and Jonathan Shifts’ Gulliver’s Travels

Language Identity of Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese- its socio- cultural identity and linguistic aftermaths due to colonization.