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Item Gendered Language: A Review of Available Literature.(The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Pathirana, U. P. N. N.The most significant difference between human beings is the gender difference. Therefore, people of different genders will have their own gender characteristics, which leads to the gender differences in language. This study is an examination of influence of gender on language. The paper has been carried out as a literature review with the support of available literature, observations, informal conversations with laymen and opinions on scholars in the field of linguistics. The paper intends to investigate the gendered aspect of the language in relation to phonology, morphology and vocabulary, syntax and semantics and pragmatics. The study further seeks to discuss assumptions on nature of language that men and women use, supremacy in patterns of language use, and sexism exist within different languages. The latter part of the paper is dedicated to confer progressive language policies to address existing language issues at a point of time where huge socio-cultural and political changes is happening in outer world in relation to women‟s lives which is generally considered second or weaker sex. The study concludes proposing that language should be more people-oriented than relying on gender differences, minimizing discrimination of individuals‟ language rights.Item What Are the Reasons Which Tempt Contemporary Sinhalese(Drama & Theatre and Image Arts Unit, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Samarathunga, E.The aim of this research is to discover which tempt the women, whose first language is Sinhala, to which movies . The question is what would be the causes for the contemporary Sinhalese women to watch movies. Social media stands as one of the most influential factors out of them (Dissanayaka Wimal, 2009). Through this research, a certain idea can be gained whether these reasons differentiate according to the level, social strata, and age group of the females or whether causes remain unchanged despite all these factors. The aim is to discover if there are more driving forces behind this in order to conduct this research, twenty females age of 18- 25, 25-35, 35-55 are taken. In addition, “PATHTINI” film and “MAYA” film are utilized for this. Even though several surveys have been conducted regarding movie watching, the reasons and causes behind this action ware not focused. This research is to explore them. The method applied for this research quantitative data collection and analysis. The main aim is to discover the reasons, which tempt the contemporary Sinhalese women to watch movies.