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Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Register formation among Sri Lankan university youth./
Author:	Zubair, Cala A.
Description:	248 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-07, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International72-07A.
Subject:	Language, Linguistics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3450902
ISBN:	9781124603445

Register formation among Sri Lankan university youth.
Zubair, Cala A.

Register formation among Sri Lankan university youth. - 248 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-07, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Georgetown University, 2011.

This linguistic and ethnographic project examines register formation among a community of Sri Lankan university youth. The Raggers group at the University of Peradeniya (Kandy, Sri Lanka) has strict rules forbidding the use of English and supporting a register of Sinhala made up of linguistic features from different Sinhala varieties. Detailing their "no English, Sinhala-only" practices, I discuss how Raggers' code choice and promotion of Written Sinhala morphosyntax seem to relate to ethnolinguistic nationalist ideologies dating back to the 19th century. Moreover, I explore distinctive features of their lexicon that reflect community relationships, including preference towards a stereotypical male subject.

ISBN: 9781124603445Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018079
Language, Linguistics.

Register formation among Sri Lankan university youth.
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520 $a My analysis incorporates an integrative means of studying register focused on the reflexive language processes by which Raggers form and maintain their distinct way of speaking. Reflexive processes range from metalinguistic group discussions, to punitive actions for English use, to interactional means of grouping linguistic items under shared ideological meanings. Diverging from past, prescriptive studies of Sinhala language varieties (Gair 1986, DeSilva 1979, Paolillo 1997), my analysis draws on sociohistorical evidence, analysis of repertoire features, and contextual language use (Agha 2007).
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