![]() Karanaya" comes to the centre stage of any study of the Sinhala language. It is in this context that Cumaratunga Munidasas "Purana Sinhala Akuru The monasteries/temples, laid much emphasis and importance on the said rudiments of the These are the rudiments of a language.Īlthough the introduction of this essay appears to be rather extensive, its purpose hasīeen to drive home the fact that the countrys educational tradition revolving around Its study, therefore, with theĭistinct sound and shape of each character of the alphabet, should be given pride of place These written symbols are referred to as the alphabet. Vocal sounds, with a further signalling system to correspond with these vocal sounds. Moreover, a language is primarily a signalling system that operates within symbolic Reflected in all the components of a language. Communication being the cornerstone of anyĬulture, continuity and resurgence of a particular culture would invariably be determinedīy the clarity and structured composition of its language. ![]() Superstructures of civilizations are built. In a nutshell, language is the foundation on which all the The above would make us clearly realize that language is the base and basis on whichĪll human drama is enacted. ![]() Most distinctly identifiable tool the man has invented, and is the one that makes all the Recently, man has often been described as a tool-making animal but language itself is the At one time, it was common to distinguish man as a thinkingĪnimal, but we can hardly imagine thought without words. It is language, more particularly than anything else that distinctly separates man from Published by Visidunu Prakashakayo (Pvt.) Limited, Boralesgamuwa An Anthology on Rudiments of the Sinhala Language ![]()
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