“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.”
—Virginia Woolf
—Virginia Woolf
Citations
My work cited in Language Contact: A Multidimensional Perspective– March 1, 2013
by Kelechukwu U. Ihemere (Author, Editor) ISBN-13: 978-1443844017 ISBN-10: 1443844012
My work cited in The current state of Sri Lanka Portuguese, Sebastian Nordhoff
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.28.2.06nor In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 28:2. 2013. iv, 253 pp. (pp. 425–434)
Publications
Books
Sri Lanka Portuguese Creole- A Linguistic Study, Colombo: Godage Publishers, (in Print)
Selected Children’s Short Stories of Martin Wickramasinghe (Ed.) Sarasa Publishers (in Print) Two Volumes
Children Short Stories of Martin Wickramasinghe (Translated in to English) In Progress, Sarasa Publishers, Two Volumes
Sinhala for Foreigners –Practice Guide, In progress
Comprehensive Spoken Sinhala Grammar, In progress
Papers and Articles
Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese today (2014): Post Tsunami (2004) and Post-Civil War (1983-2009) dynamics- (Co Authored with Prof. Armin Schwegler- University of California Irvine) Forthcoming
Sraccandra; The Traveller, Prof. Ediriweera Sraccandra Commemoration Volume, (Ed), Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, 2015
Behavioural Changes in Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese, (2012) RASSL, New Series, Volume LVII, Part II, Colombo, Royal Asiatic Society
Sinhala Lama Katha Kalawe Wishwiiya Modalaya: Martin Wickramasinghe, (2011) Samskruthi, Vol 22, Part 02, Boralesgamuwa, Samskruthi Publishers
Trendsetter in Children’s Literature, Daily News, Wed. Feb. 01, 2012
Greatest Sri Lankan books (Novels) at all time; http://studentlanka.com/2011/08/24/greatest-sri-la...
The Overlooked Malay; http://www.nation.lk/epaper/sunday/2015/02/22/file...
Studentlanka.com: http://studentlanka.com/author/achintha/
Publications in Abstract Form
Bilingual Patterns of Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese- A case study- Academic paper presented in Annual Research Symposium of University of Colombo- 2013
Language Revitalization- Its importance and relevance to the local linguistic account- Academic paper presented in Annual Research Symposium of Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo- 2013
Graphical identity of Sri Lanka’s National Languages- Academic paper presented in Annual Research Symposium of Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo-2012
Linguistic Ecology of Colonial Sri Lanka, Paper presented in 5th Annual Research Conference of Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka- 30th- 31st March 2012
Behavioural Changes during decades- A quick glance to Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese- Presented at the 4th Annual Research Conference of Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) - May 2011
Linguistic identity of Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese- Presented at 9th International Language and Development Conference, 17- 19 October 2011, Galadari Hotel Colombo
A Sociolinguistic Approach to the Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese- Presented at Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo- June 2010
Frescoes on the Rock Wall of King Kashyapa - A Clinically prescribed piece of Medicine for the King- Presented at Fourth International Conference of Sri Lanka Association of Buddhist Studies December 10-12, 2010 Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy December 2010