{"id":60120,"date":"2021-03-22T15:18:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=60120"},"modified":"2021-03-22T15:18:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:18:20","slug":"cumaratunga-exemplified-glamour-of-sinhala-grammar-by-k-a-i-kalyanaratne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/cumaratunga-exemplified-glamour-of-sinhala-grammar-by-k-a-i-kalyanaratne\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumaratunga exemplified glamour of Sinhala grammar-By K. A. I. Kalyanaratne"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cumaratunga exemplified glamour of Sinhala grammar-By K. A. I. Kalyanaratne<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Source:<\/span><\/strong>Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. J. B. Dissanayake<\/span><\/strong>
\nBy K. A. I. Kalyanaratne<\/span><\/strong>
\nSenior Manager, Publications
\nPostgraduate Institute of Management
\nUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
\nVice President, Hela Havula<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

\u2018Cumaratunga created a philosophy on Sinhala grammar\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Says Martin Wickramasinghe<\/span><\/p>\n

Without blindly following the tradition of grammar, commenced with the\u00a0Sidath Sangarawa\u00a0<\/i>Cumaratunga Munidasa\u2019s\u00a0Vyakarana Vivaranaya\u00a0<\/i>can be considered as the first broad attempt to analyse the Sinhala language, placing it on a new vision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

(The 77th<\/sup>\u00a0Death Anniversary of Cumaratunga Munidasa was commemorated on 02 March, 2021)<\/span><\/p>\n

Cumaratung\u2019a Concept of Grammar<\/span><\/p>\n

In the introduction to his seminal work on Sinhala grammar,\u00a0\u201cVyakarana Vivaranaya,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0Cumaratunga says<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSimilar to a society that has no rules and regulations, a language also becomes messier and messier\u2026Many a grammarian considered the grammars of other languages in formulating a grammar for the Sinhala language. In fact, the rules they followed were those of Pali and Sanskrit\u2026The\u00a0Sidath Sangarawa<\/i>\u00a0and those that followed it (in this endeavour) clearly show this dependence\u2026Herein we based our effort only on our language\u2026 The rules that were solely confined to Sinhala were seen by us as most noble\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Cumaratunga Created a Philosophy on Sinhala grammar\u2019 \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/b>Martin Wickramasinghe<\/span><\/p>\n

The late Martin Wickramasinghe, journalist, writer and intellectual, who popularized the reading habit among our society with a rich variety of publications, including short stories and novels, as well as an array of critical compositions, was a contemporary of the late Cumaratunga Munidasa. Martin Wickramasinghe critiquing the works of Cumrataunga in his \u2018Ape Viyath Parapura ha Bhasha Samaja Parinamaya\u2019<\/i>\u00a0(Our Erudite Generation and the Evolution of Language and Society) makes a unique assessment , especially of Cumaratunga\u2019s expositions on Sinhala grammar. He says,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Sidath Sangarava<\/i>\u00a0is a prescriptive grammar and not a grammar based on principles of philosophy. Hence, Kumaratunga\u2019s rejection of the\u00a0Sidath Sangarava<\/i>\u00a0is justifiable; the reason being that he created new concepts based on his independent thinking. Turning out a philosophy into a prescriptive methodology is like an attempt to convert a philosophy into a religion\u2026.The usages like\u00a0Ovun giya, minisun weda kala, daruwa gasin bimata panna<\/i>, were created\u00a0<\/i>based on his philosophy of grammar, I think, because he intended to provide a grammar suitable for the colloquial language (as well). \u2026 Nelevili geeya (lullaby-verses) is a poetic composition effortlessly composed with words taken from the colloquial language.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor J. B. Dissanayake, expressed views similar to those of Martin Wickramasinghe, on Cumaratunga\u2019s approach to Sinhala grammar, in his \u2018Bhashavaka Bhavithaya ha Vigrahaya\u2019<\/i>\u00a0(Usage and Analysis of a Language)<\/span><\/p>\n

He says:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWithout following in the same manner the tradition of grammar commenced with the \u2018Sidath Sangarawa\u2019,\u00a0<\/i>Cumaratunga Munidasa\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Vyakarana Vivaranaya\u2019\u00a0<\/i>could be considered\u00a0<\/i>as the first broad step to analyse the Sinhala Language basing on a new vision. Although this is not a comprehensive analysis of all the aspects, deviating from the tradition of language analysis that existed up to then, (Cumaratunga\u2019s Vyakarana Vivaranaya) shows a more scientific analysis of the language. In the Vyakarana Vivaranaya there appears certain concepts that are being held in high esteem by modern linguist. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

Philosophy \u2013 Meaning and Usage<\/span><\/p>\n

The word \u2018philosophy\u2019 takes in different shades of meanings, depending on the context it\u2019s being used. However, all these definitions would lead to a common frame that it is the study of the general and fundamental nature of reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind and language. As a method philosophy is often distinguished from other ways of addressing (such) problems by its questioning, critical and generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument.\u201d Further, logicality and rationality are two of the important cornerstone of any philosophical approach to an issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cumaratunga\u2019s Endeavour to Instill a Philosophic Base to Sinhala Grammar<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on this definition Cumaratunga endeavoured to instill a philosophic base to Sinhala grammar by (i) analysing the development of the language through the ages, (ii) assessing the usages vis a vis the current context, and (iii) making it realistic and lively, as far as the idiom of the language permits. It could also be said that going beyond the prescriptive approach commonly adopted by grammarians, including the author of the\u00a0Sidath Sangara<\/i>, Cumaratunga introduced rationality to Sinhala grammar. Herein he was compelled to tap the Sinhala classics, both prose and verse, belonging to the golden-era of Sinhala literature, in ascertaining the true nature of the Sinhala language as well as apprehending how articulately the language was used to express ideas, feelings and sentiments.<\/span><\/p>\n

When in English it is expressed that \u201ca woman got a child by her husband \/because of her husband\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/i>the Sinhala idiom as used in Sinhala classics is,<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Baranes nuware Brhamdatta nam bamuna\u00a0pinisa\u00a0<\/b>Dhanapathi nam beminiya kuse pilisinda gena\u2026\u2019 (<\/b>Amavatura-Chapter on\u00a0Paribrajaka Damanaya).<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

This instance alone shows the philosophies behind the two languages, Sinhala and English. However, it appears that \u2018pinisa<\/i>\u2019 has lately been replaced by \u2018bamunata dava<\/i>\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cumaratunga\u2019s Two Seminal Works \u2013\u00a0Vyakarana Vivaranaya and Kriya Vivaranaya<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Cumaratunga in his unparalleled task of writing the two expositions the \u2018Vyakarana Vivaranaya\u2019\u00a0<\/i>and the \u2018Kriya Vivaranaya\u2019\u00a0<\/i>deviated completely from the dogmatic and prescriptive approach followed by the Sidath Sangarawa (as rightly pointed out by Martin Wickramasinghe) relying on the colloquial idiom in composing lively pieces of prose and verse. This is a trend not followed by any other linguist of the current times. Relying on the colloquial idiom is not a feature new to the Sinhala language. The colloquial Sinhala parlance heavily makes use of gerunds (bhava kriya<\/i>\/\u00a0bhava nama kriya\/ haw namu kiriya pada).\u00a0<\/i>They are created out of verbs, but function as nouns.<\/span><\/p>\n

See how the\u00a0Amavatura\u00a0<\/i>writer\u00a0Gurulugomi\u00a0<\/i>uses gerunds creatively in the conversation prince Siddhartha had with the horse Kanthaka at the commencement of his journey to emancipation:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBosathano Raal Kumaruvan deke pahayin bese ashvaya kara elaba, \u201cMe re tho ma tharava. Mam mulu lova tharavami.\u201d. (<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/i>The Bodhisatva, having seen prince Rahula, and descending from the palace, went towards the horse, and said to him \u201cThis night you take me across the river, (thereafter) I will take the entire world across.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Glamour of Grammar<\/span><\/p>\n

Roy Peter Clark writing on \u2018The Glamour of Grammar\u201d extols the virtues of grammar in making one\u2019s writings fascinating and glamourous. In this book he aims to put the glamour back in grammar, and convince those who use the language that grammar, in fact, adds glamour to writing, and does not take glamour out of it. Moreover, grammar brings clarity to what one says. The basic element underpinning glamour is to understand without vagueness what exactly the writer wishes to convey. In this context grammar becomes more a tool than a rule. Grammar, as expressed by him, gives the readers all the tools they need to \u2018live inside the language\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cumaratunga was an ardent believer that grammar is there to embellish your writings. In an editorial captioned \u2018The Birth Anniversary of Jesus Christ, he provided to the\u00a0Lakmini Pahana\u00a0<\/i>journal on December 25, 1934, a lively verbal portrayal of the story of the woman caught in adultery. This incident is a beautiful illustration of Jesus Christ silencing his critics while graciously addressing a sinner in need of mercy. According to a critique \u201cThe poignant scene delivers to anyone with a heart weighed down with . When Jesus forgave the woman, he did not . Rather, he expected a change of heart\u2013. In turn, he presented the woman with an opportunity to begin a new life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This is how Cumaratunga colourfully portrays and breathes life into the incident, resting the description on the highest norms of grammar:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0d91 \u0daf\u0dcf \u0d9c\u0dd0\u0dc4\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0db8 \u0d9a\u0dd9\u0dbd\u0dd9\u0dc3\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dbb\u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0da7\u0dd0 \u0d85\u0dc3\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0dd0, \u0db8\u0dbb \u0db6\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dad\u0dd0\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd0 \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0dbd\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0dbd\u0dcf \u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dd0 \u0dc4\u0ddc\u0dad\u0dca \u0d85\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dab \u0d9c\u0dd0\u0dc4\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba \u0daf\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd9\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0dbb\u0dca‍\u0dab\u0db8\u0dd9 \u0dad\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dca \u0db1\u0dd3\u0da0 \u0d9a\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dc5 \u0db8\u0dd0\u0dba \u0d9c\u0dbd\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dc3\u0dcf \u0db8\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dca\u0dc4\u201d \u0dba\u0dd2 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dca \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dbd\u0dca \u0d85\u0dad\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd0 \u0d87\u0dba \u0dc0\u0da7\u0dcf \u0dbb\u0dc0\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9c\u0ddc\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dba\u0ddd \u0db4\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd9\u0dad\u0dd2. \u0d92 \u0d9a\u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dbd\u0dba \u0d85\u0dc3\u0dcf \u0dc1\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad \u0dc0\u0dd0 \u0daf\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad \u0dc0\u0dd0 \u0d91 \u0dad\u0dd0\u0db1\u0da7 \u0db4\u0dba \u0db1`\u0d9c\u0db1 \u0d94\u0db6 \u0daf \u0db4\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0dc3\u0dda\u0d9a\u0dd0. \u0d91 \u0dad\u0db1\u0dca\u0dc4\u0dd2 \u0dad\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dc3\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dca \u0d94\u0db6 \u0db8\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0db1\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dca\u0db8\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0dbb\u0da2\u0dad \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dab\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0dcf\u0daf\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a\u0db1 \u0db4\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0dd9\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0dbb\u0dc5\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dbb\u0dc5\u0dd4 \u0dc4`\u0da9\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d85\u0dbb \u0d85\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dab \u0d9c\u0dd0\u0dc4\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba \u0d9c\u0dda \u0daf\u0ddc\u0dc3 \u0dc4\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1 \u0dc3\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dda \u0d85\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2 \u0dc0\u0da0\u0db1 \u0daf \u0db1\u0dd1\u0dc3\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0db1\u0ddc \u0dc0\u0dda. \u0d94\u0db6 \u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dd3 \u0dc3\u0dda\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf? \u0dbb\u0dca‍\u0dab\u0dad\u0ddc\u0db4 \u0d85\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d91\u0d9a \u0daf \u0dc0\u0dbb\u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db1\u0ddc \u0d9a\u0dc5 \u0dad\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd0\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dda \u0db8\u0dda \u0d9c\u0dd0\u0dc4\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7 \u0db4\u0dc5\u0db8\u0dd4 \u0db8\u0dd0 \u0d9c\u0dbd\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc4\u0dbb \u0d9c\u0dc3\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dcf\u0ddf\u201d \u0d9a\u0dc0\u0dbb \u0d86\u0dc1\u0dca\u0da0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dba\u0dba\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf, \u0d9a\u0dd2‍\u0dca‍\u0dbb\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0db8\u0db1\u0dd2? \u0d91\u0d9a \u0d85\u0dad\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca \u0db1\u0ddc<\/span>
\n\u0db1\u0dd0\u0dd9`\u0d9c\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0d91\u0d9a \u0d9c\u0dbd\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d85\u0dad\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0db1\u0ddc \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0dc4\u0dd9\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0db8\u0db1\u0dd4\u0dc2\u0dca‍\u0dba\u0dba\u0dcf \u0d9c\u0dda \u0dc3\u0dad\u0dca‍\u0dba \u0dc0\u0dd6 \u0dad\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dba \u0d94\u0db6 \u0d9a\u0dd9\u0dc3\u0dda \u0dc4\u0dd0\u0db3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd0\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dda\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf?<\/span><\/p>\n

A reader of this passage would, for sure, will come to see how effective glamorous grammar and elite writing can be. In fact, in this particular composition Cumaratunga has followed the style and verbiage adopted by\u00a0Vidyachacravarthi<\/i>, the author of the\u00a0Buthsarana, to\u00a0<\/i>describe the confrontation between the Omniscient One and Elephant\u00a0Nalagiri.\u00a0<\/i>Similar to the occasion quoted above, the writer of the\u00a0Buthsarana\u00a0<\/i>also exemplifies the different behaviours of the Omniscient One and the elephant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The technique adopted by the two writers, Cumaratunga and Vidyachakravarthi in composing the two passages appears almost identical, which establishes the fact that grammar and correct idiom would bring glamour and liveliness to one\u2019s writing, and not vice versa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grammar is Language : A Teaching Philosophy and Grammar Gives Us Tools and Not Rules<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The above exposition drives home the fact that language and its grammar should not\/ cannot be taught purely by studying the grammatical rules of that language. In fact, the grammatical basis of a language cannot be\/ should not be considered or treated as its rules but as tools. Herein what is necessary and more fruitful method would be to adopt a context-related approach, in realizing the basis of a language, so that when the context is remembered automatically the applicable tool would come to one\u2019s mind. Hence, cramming or mind-teasing to remember different usages, considering them as rules would become irrelevant and superfluous. Cumaratunga says in his\u00a0Vyakarana Vivaranaya<\/i>\u00a0that\u00a0\u201cThe best approach to learn grammar is by studying how the language had been used by learned men.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

A Novel Art of Teaching Grammar as Extoled by Cumaratunga<\/span><\/p>\n

The teaching of language (through grammar) is one that must be very well thought out by all educators, as it is not just your typical lesson plan. In fact, grammar and its many facets are engulfed in every aspect of writing, speaking, and just language in general. While many may see grammar as a tedious task both to teach and to learn, it is an important and necessary component to language that it can actually be fun and easy to teach and to catch on to. Through the instruction of reading and writing activities, grammar can be taught successfully in the classroom. However, this approach may be time consuming, as well as it demands preparation by the teacher to hunt for and collect instances as examples of different usages. Although it\u2019s committed work for the teacher, ultimately both the teachers and the students stand to gain, as both become learners and teachers at the same time. This approach ultimately transforms the students to become inquirers, researchers and investigators in finding the correct answers on their own. This is, in short \u2018experiential learning\u2019, where students become investigators and their own teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grammar plays a significant role in professionalism and credibility, and there are many easy ways to emphasize this to students. Grammar is about professionalism. Many people will put down or discredit an article that has blatant grammar errors. If teachers can show students the importance of good grammar in the real world, they may be more apt to learn and retain it for everyday use\u2014not just for use in the classroom. Show them examples of newspapers, brochures, and websites that use poor grammar, and have them evaluate the credibility of those pieces of text.\u00a0It needs to be emphasized that grammar is not about rules but it is about tools, to make once language glamourous and lucid. We have, thus far caught grammar from the wrong end to memorize and byheart. Grammar is a practical subject. It. Therefore, demands a practical approach.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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