Thiru Kandiah
Biographic Data
| ID | 739857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thiru Kandiah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thiru |
| FAMILY NAME | Kandiah |
| SIGNATURE | KANDIAH T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Peradeniya |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On Retrieving the Baby1
In his recent critique of contemporary Translation Theory (TT), Singh (2005) argues that (1) as things stand, contemporary TT is not really a theory of translation but an exploration that seems to simply assume that the various uses, literal and metaphorical, of the word ‘translation’ and of the techniques employed in what languages normally refer to as translation delimit an interesting domain of which one can construct a theory and (2) one of t…
Academic writing and global inequality
A review of A. Suresh Canagarajah, A geopolitics of academic writing. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. Pp. x, 332. Pb. $27.95
English and Language Planning
Extenuatory sociolinguistics
Article Extenuatory sociolinguistics: Diverting attention from issues to symptoms in cross-cultural communication studies was published on January 1, 1991 in the journal Multilingua (volume 10, issue 4)
Lankan English Schizoglossia
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Standard Language and Socio-Historical Parameters
Article Standard Language and Socio-Historical Parameters: Standard Lankan Tamil was published on January 1, 1978 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1978, issue 16)
The Transformational Challenge and the Teacher of English
The transformational model provides the English teacher with an insightful way of looking at the language. Since, however, a transformational grammar is hypothetical and abstract and thus excludes factors that the teacher must confront in the classroom, the application of such analysis raises serious problems. The problems, however, are generally purely pedagogical, and are no reflection on the model; the onus is on the teacher to develop a metho…
Transformational grammar and the layering of structure in Tamil
In each of the following pairs of sentences, the verb in (a) is intuitively apprehended as being related in some significant way to that in (b): (1) a. The rice grew b. The fanner grew the rice (2) a. The barge sank b. The storm sank the barge (3) a. The coconut dropped b. The man dropped the coconut (4) a. The cart turned b. The driver turned the cart (5) a. The laws changed b. The Government changed the laws (6) a. The mourners collected b. He …
The Teaching of English in Ceylon
Extenuatory sociolinguistics
Article Extenuatory sociolinguistics: Diverting attention from issues to symptoms in cross-cultural communication studies was published on January 1, 1991 in the journal Multilingua (volume 10, issue 4)
Lankan English Schizoglossia
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Standard Language and Socio-Historical Parameters
Article Standard Language and Socio-Historical Parameters: Standard Lankan Tamil was published on January 1, 1978 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1978, issue 16)
Academic writing and global inequality
A review of A. Suresh Canagarajah, A geopolitics of academic writing. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. Pp. x, 332. Pb. $27.95
Transformational grammar and the layering of structure in Tamil
In each of the following pairs of sentences, the verb in (a) is intuitively apprehended as being related in some significant way to that in (b): (1) a. The rice grew b. The fanner grew the rice (2) a. The barge sank b. The storm sank the barge (3) a. The coconut dropped b. The man dropped the coconut (4) a. The cart turned b. The driver turned the cart (5) a. The laws changed b. The Government changed the laws (6) a. The mourners collected b. He …
The Transformational Challenge and the Teacher of English
The transformational model provides the English teacher with an insightful way of looking at the language. Since, however, a transformational grammar is hypothetical and abstract and thus excludes factors that the teacher must confront in the classroom, the application of such analysis raises serious problems. The problems, however, are generally purely pedagogical, and are no reflection on the model; the onus is on the teacher to develop a metho…
The Teaching of English in Ceylon
Transformational grammar and the layering of structure in Tamil
In each of the following pairs of sentences, the verb in (a) is intuitively apprehended as being related in some significant way to that in (b): (1) a. The rice grew b. The fanner grew the rice (2) a. The barge sank b. The storm sank the barge (3) a. The coconut dropped b. The man dropped the coconut (4) a. The cart turned b. The driver turned the cart (5) a. The laws changed b. The Government changed the laws (6) a. The mourners collected b. He …
The Transformational Challenge and the Teacher of English
The transformational model provides the English teacher with an insightful way of looking at the language. Since, however, a transformational grammar is hypothetical and abstract and thus excludes factors that the teacher must confront in the classroom, the application of such analysis raises serious problems. The problems, however, are generally purely pedagogical, and are no reflection on the model; the onus is on the teacher to develop a metho…
Standard Language and Socio-Historical Parameters
Article Standard Language and Socio-Historical Parameters: Standard Lankan Tamil was published on January 1, 1978 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1978, issue 16)
Lankan English Schizoglossia
Preview this article: Lankan English Schizoglossia, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/eww.2.1.05kan-1.gif
Extenuatory sociolinguistics
Article Extenuatory sociolinguistics: Diverting attention from issues to symptoms in cross-cultural communication studies was published on January 1, 1991 in the journal Multilingua (volume 10, issue 4)
English and Language Planning
Academic writing and global inequality
A review of A. Suresh Canagarajah, A geopolitics of academic writing. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. Pp. x, 332. Pb. $27.95
On Retrieving the Baby1
In his recent critique of contemporary Translation Theory (TT), Singh (2005) argues that (1) as things stand, contemporary TT is not really a theory of translation but an exploration that seems to simply assume that the various uses, literal and metaphorical, of the word ‘translation’ and of the techniques employed in what languages normally refer to as translation delimit an interesting domain of which one can construct a theory and (2) one of t…
Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)