Sandarenu Kumarasamy, M.A.
Contact
University of Duisburg-Essen
Department of Anglophone Studies
Universitätsstr. 12
45141 Essen
Germany
Notice for Students:
As of 23rd of June, I am no longer working at the University of Duisburg-Essen. If you have questions concerning a course you have completed with me, please contact Ms.Forstreuter (e-mail: monika.forstreuter[at]uni-due.de).
Best wishes,
Sandarenu Kumarasamy
Summary Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION |
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University October 2007 |
M.A. Degree with two majors: "Anglistik" (1,0) Special focus: Linguistics, Sociology, Political Science and Empirical Research Methods |
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Primary Education |
Sujatha Girls' School (Matara, Sri Lanka) |
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Secondary Education |
Following an excellent pass at the all-island Scholarship Exam in the 5th standard admission into Devi Balika Girls' High School (Colombo, Sri Lanka). General Certificate of Education for Advanced Level (GCE A/L) in the subjects: English Literature, French, Political Science and Logic/1998. |
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Migration to Germany in Nov. 1999
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Higher Education German Language Skills College |
"Grundstufe" I & II, "Mittelstufe" I, University of Duisburg-Essen
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University |
University of Duisburg-Essen |
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EMPLOYMENT |
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Research Assistant April 2014 to present April 2013 - April 2014 |
Humanities, Department of Anglophone Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen
Maternity Leave |
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Juniour Lecturer |
Humanities, Department of Anglophone Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen |
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Student Assistant |
Last working contract in April 2007, Humanities, Department of Anglophone Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen |
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Internships |
Asienhaus Essen, Burma. Initiative, Bullmannaue 11, 45327 Essen [Aug-Sep 2004]
Social Scientists' Association, No 12, Sulaiman Terrace, Off Jawatta Road, |
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LANGUAGE SKILLS
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English - First language Sinhala - Second Language German - Spoken very good and written good French - GCE Advanced Level Standard Tamil - 3rd Standard Sanskrit - Passive reading knowledge |
Research Interests
- Field Linguistics and Language Documentation - Speaker Profiles
- Variational Sociolinguistics - South Asian, South East Asian and African contexts
- Contact Linguistics - Colonial Englishes and Creoles
- Applied Linguistics - Language Policy and Planning in bi-/multilingual contexts
- Varieties of English - World Englishes with research experience in Sri Lankan English
Research Projects and Workshops
"Cultural Landscapes: Negotiating Cultural Encounters with the English Speaking World". Erasmus IP Summer Schools held in Glasgow and to be held in Wales [University Coordinator for the years 2012 - 2014] For further details see: www.anglistika.net/summer-school
"Evolution of Semantic Systems". Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [Consortium Member for Sinhala] For further details see: www.mpi.nl/eoss
"The Linguist's Roundtable on Sri Lankan English". University of Duisburg - Essen, Germany on the 16th of November, 2011. [ Organizer & Host] For further details see: http://tiny.cc/p3h5s
Contributions
- "Sketching socio-historical contexts to contact-induced Englishes in Sri Lanka". "Englishes and Cutural Identities in South Asia: Policies and Ideologies in India and Sri Lanka". Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany on the 13th of July, 2012. [Talk]
- "The historical contexts to Sri Lankan English". "The Linguists' Roundtable on Sri Lankan English". University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany on the 16th of November, 2011. [Talk]
- "Sri Lankan English: morpho-syntactic patterns of bilinguals in a linguistic area". "International Symposium on Bilingualism 8". Oslo, Norway from the 15th -18th of June, 2011. [Poster]
- "Englishes in Sri Lanka: mapping contact-induced syntactic variations". Rethinking Contact Induced Change". University of Leiden, The Netherlands from the 09th-11th of June, 2011. [Poster and introduction to the topic during a plenary session]
- "Englishes in Sri Lanka: phonological properties of a contact-induced second language variety". "LOT Winter School". University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands from the 10th-14th of January, 2011. [Poster and Talk]
- "Sri Lankan English: Mapping speech variation in a "Linguistic Area""."Sociophonetics:at the crossroads of speech variation,processing and communication".Scoula Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy from the 14-15th of December, 2010. [Poster]
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"Workshop: Sri Lankan Malay". The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig, Germany on the 10th of November, 2010.
- "Sri Lankan English: Mapping Phonological Variation in a Multilingual Construct"."Multilingual Individuals & Multilingual Societies". University of Hamburg, Germany from the 6th-8th of October, 2010. [Poster]
- "Language Attitudes, Use and Shift Patterns in Sri Lanka". "Sinhala Studies Seminar - 2" University of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the 22nd of September, 2009. [Talk]
Courses Taught
Introduction to English Linguistics (two courses throughout April 2008 - April 2013)
Introduction to Language Policy and Planning (SS2008)
Introduction to Field Linguistics (WS08/09)
Introduction to the Philosophy of Language (SS 2009)
World Englishes - Key Topics (WS09/10)
World Englishes - Current Debates (WS09/10)
Contemplaiting English Diahronically - A History of English (SS2010)
A Linguist Joins the Jane Austin Book Club - Sociolinguistic Readings into 19th Century Creative Writing (SS2010)
For Ivory and Tea with English! - The Linguistic Foundations of Colonial Englishes (SS2010)
Collided to be Diverse - An Introduction to Language Contact & Change (WS10/11)
History of English - An Introduction (SS2011)
Englishes in the British Raj (WS11/12)
A Baby of Multiple Tongues - Introduction to Contact Languages (SS2012)
Sri Lankan English - An Introduction (WS12/13)
Building a Resource Site for Sri Lankan English (SS2014)
South East Asian Englishes - An Introduction (WS14/15)
African Englishes - An Introduction (SS2015)