Research Interests
Sociolinguistics with special reference to language policy-planning, bilingualism & language contact phenomenon
Systemic Functional Linguistics
Pragmatics
Forensic linguistics
Second language acquisition and teaching
Literature & literary criticism
Systemic Functional Linguistics
Pragmatics
Forensic linguistics
Second language acquisition and teaching
Literature & literary criticism
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)-University of Colombo
Master of Arts in Linguistics-University of Kelaniya
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociolinguistics – BPU, Sri Lanka
Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics – CCNU, China
Accredited International Pedagogical ICT License holder
International Customer Care Skills Passport holder
Certificate in Forensic Linguistics (CCNU, China)
Certificate in Public Chinese (CCNU, China)
Master of Arts in Linguistics-University of Kelaniya
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociolinguistics – BPU, Sri Lanka
Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics – CCNU, China
Accredited International Pedagogical ICT License holder
International Customer Care Skills Passport holder
Certificate in Forensic Linguistics (CCNU, China)
Certificate in Public Chinese (CCNU, China)
Professional Experience
Head – Department of Sinhala, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka from 01/02/2025 hitherto.
Chairman – Research Council of the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka from March 2024 hitherto..
Asst. Director (RES) – the Open University of Sri Lanka in 2014
Head of the Department-Language & Soft Skills Training Department at Orient Academy Limited from 01/06/2009 to 2013
Ass. Manager-Soft Skills Training at TGKICT Pvt. Ltd. From 01/10/2007 to 30/05/2009
Secretary of the BPUTA in 2016
Editor-Journal of Language Studies in 2020-21 (Vol.4 Issue II and Vol.5 Issue I) published by Faculty of Language Studies, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Coordinator of Bachelor of Arts External Degree Programme from 2021 November to date, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Senate member of the Buddhist and Pali University from 2021 hitherto
Editor-Journal of Sinhala Studies in 2022 (Vol.3) published by The Department of Sinhala, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Sinhala Studies in 2023 (Vol.4) published by The Department of Sinhala, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Advisory editor-Nuwanasa departmental journal of Sinhala Department, Buddhist and Pali University in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
Member of University Research Council from 2022 – Hitherto
National Endeavours:
A Member of the Review Panel, State Literary Festival of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka in 2020, 2021 and 2023.
Chairman – Research Council of the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka from March 2024 hitherto..
Asst. Director (RES) – the Open University of Sri Lanka in 2014
Head of the Department-Language & Soft Skills Training Department at Orient Academy Limited from 01/06/2009 to 2013
Ass. Manager-Soft Skills Training at TGKICT Pvt. Ltd. From 01/10/2007 to 30/05/2009
Secretary of the BPUTA in 2016
Editor-Journal of Language Studies in 2020-21 (Vol.4 Issue II and Vol.5 Issue I) published by Faculty of Language Studies, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Coordinator of Bachelor of Arts External Degree Programme from 2021 November to date, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Senate member of the Buddhist and Pali University from 2021 hitherto
Editor-Journal of Sinhala Studies in 2022 (Vol.3) published by The Department of Sinhala, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Sinhala Studies in 2023 (Vol.4) published by The Department of Sinhala, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Advisory editor-Nuwanasa departmental journal of Sinhala Department, Buddhist and Pali University in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
Member of University Research Council from 2022 – Hitherto
National Endeavours:
A Member of the Review Panel, State Literary Festival of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka in 2020, 2021 and 2023.
Presentations
Gamage, U. P. (2024). මිනිස් විෂය පිළිබඳ දාර්ශනික සංකීර්ණ බව පිරිමි පරිකල්පනයෙන් කළු සුදු කිරීම : කොවුලෙක් මොටද? (Simplifying the philosophical complexity of huminity: critique of the Sinhalese song, ‘KOWULEK MOTADA’) . Staff Development Programme. Homagama: Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2023). The Role of Forensic Linguist as an Expert Communicative Evidence in Trademark Issues: a case of trademark issues in Sri Lanka. 12th National Symposium of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo.
Gamage, U. P. (2022). Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach to Language Policy-Problems in Sri Lanka: From Colonialism to Post-war Reconciliation, Staff Development Programme, Homagama, BPU.
Gamage, U. P. (2022). Scientific Method: සංක්ෂිප්ත ආලෝචනයක, Staff Development Programme, Homagama, BPU.
Gamage, U. P. (2020). Journals as an Input Tool to Build up Cosmopolitan Academics, Staff Development Programme, Homagama, BPU.
Gamage, U. P. (2018). The Theravada Buddhist Stance of the Women, Femininity and the Women in Buddhist Tradition in Buddha's Period, a presentation at the annual Buddhist conference. Digne-Les-Bains, France: Alexandra David Neel Museum.
Gamage, U. P. (2017). Historical Derivations, Arguments, and the Current Functions of the Original Buddhist Language (Pali) in Sri Lanka, a presentation at the annual Buddhist conference. Digne-Les-Bains, France: Alexandra David Neel Museum.
Gamage, U. P. (2017). Rationalizing the English Language Influence on Modern Colloquial Sinhala, Professional Development Programme, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2013). Is speaking English our Way a Lingual Anarchy? an analysis of the Sri Lankan English Movement. Colombo: IHRA, University of Colombo.
Gamage, U. P. (2013). Eloquence in First Language as an Enabling Factor of Speaking Second Language: A Case of English Language Learning in Sri Lanka. Soul, Korea: Sookmyung Women’s University.
Gamage, U. P. (2012). Applying Pedagogical Aspects with ICT Integration and Managing Traditional Drudgery of Classroom in Sri Lankan Government Schools. Lucknow, India: Subhash Chandra Bose P.G. College.
Gamage, U. P., & Senevirathne, P. (2012). Error Patterns of Addition in Sri Lankan Pre-school Children. Lucknow, India: Subhash Chandra Bose P.G. College.
Gamage, U. P. (2012). Is Language Taboo a Myth in General Terms? with special reference to verbs in the Sinhala Language. Forli, Italy: University of Bologna.
Gamage, U. P. (2012). Colloquial Sinhala & Contradictories of Pre-determined Syntactic Structures of Formal Linguistics. Colombo: The Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2012). Literary Text as a Way of Learning Administrative Lessons with Special Reference to Wimalarathne Kumaragama. Colombo: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2011). Continuous Multiple Motivation in English Language Teaching. Osaka, Japan: AIFA.
Gamage, U. P. (2011). Skill Development Strategies to Enhance Employability in Post-war Sri Lanka. Chennai, India: Sai Ram Institute of Management Studies.
Gamage, U. P. (2011). Poetics of Governance: Humanistic Social Ideology of Wimalarathne Kumaragama’s Poetry. Colombo: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2011). Linguistic Discriminations Which Hamper the Country Development: with special reference to male dominancy in noun patterns of Sinhalese and English Language. Batticaloa: The South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2010). Success & Failures of English Language Teaching. Badulla: Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2010). Motivation as a Key Factor in English Language Teaching. Jaffna: The Jaffna University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2023). The Role of Forensic Linguist as an Expert Communicative Evidence in Trademark Issues: a case of trademark issues in Sri Lanka. 12th National Symposium of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo.
Gamage, U. P. (2022). Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach to Language Policy-Problems in Sri Lanka: From Colonialism to Post-war Reconciliation, Staff Development Programme, Homagama, BPU.
Gamage, U. P. (2022). Scientific Method: සංක්ෂිප්ත ආලෝචනයක, Staff Development Programme, Homagama, BPU.
Gamage, U. P. (2020). Journals as an Input Tool to Build up Cosmopolitan Academics, Staff Development Programme, Homagama, BPU.
Gamage, U. P. (2018). The Theravada Buddhist Stance of the Women, Femininity and the Women in Buddhist Tradition in Buddha's Period, a presentation at the annual Buddhist conference. Digne-Les-Bains, France: Alexandra David Neel Museum.
Gamage, U. P. (2017). Historical Derivations, Arguments, and the Current Functions of the Original Buddhist Language (Pali) in Sri Lanka, a presentation at the annual Buddhist conference. Digne-Les-Bains, France: Alexandra David Neel Museum.
Gamage, U. P. (2017). Rationalizing the English Language Influence on Modern Colloquial Sinhala, Professional Development Programme, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2013). Is speaking English our Way a Lingual Anarchy? an analysis of the Sri Lankan English Movement. Colombo: IHRA, University of Colombo.
Gamage, U. P. (2013). Eloquence in First Language as an Enabling Factor of Speaking Second Language: A Case of English Language Learning in Sri Lanka. Soul, Korea: Sookmyung Women’s University.
Gamage, U. P. (2012). Applying Pedagogical Aspects with ICT Integration and Managing Traditional Drudgery of Classroom in Sri Lankan Government Schools. Lucknow, India: Subhash Chandra Bose P.G. College.
Gamage, U. P., & Senevirathne, P. (2012). Error Patterns of Addition in Sri Lankan Pre-school Children. Lucknow, India: Subhash Chandra Bose P.G. College.
Gamage, U. P. (2012). Is Language Taboo a Myth in General Terms? with special reference to verbs in the Sinhala Language. Forli, Italy: University of Bologna.
Gamage, U. P. (2012). Colloquial Sinhala & Contradictories of Pre-determined Syntactic Structures of Formal Linguistics. Colombo: The Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2012). Literary Text as a Way of Learning Administrative Lessons with Special Reference to Wimalarathne Kumaragama. Colombo: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2011). Continuous Multiple Motivation in English Language Teaching. Osaka, Japan: AIFA.
Gamage, U. P. (2011). Skill Development Strategies to Enhance Employability in Post-war Sri Lanka. Chennai, India: Sai Ram Institute of Management Studies.
Gamage, U. P. (2011). Poetics of Governance: Humanistic Social Ideology of Wimalarathne Kumaragama’s Poetry. Colombo: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2011). Linguistic Discriminations Which Hamper the Country Development: with special reference to male dominancy in noun patterns of Sinhalese and English Language. Batticaloa: The South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2010). Success & Failures of English Language Teaching. Badulla: Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka.
Gamage, U. P. (2010). Motivation as a Key Factor in English Language Teaching. Jaffna: The Jaffna University of Sri Lanka.
Journal Articles
Gamage, U. P. & Dilani, N. (2024). The Impact of English Lexical Categories on Modern Colloquial Sinhala Language with Special Reference to Neologism and Borrowing. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 14(2), 762-768, UK.
Gamage, U. P. (2023). Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach to Language Policy-Problems in Sri Lanka: From Colonialism to Post-war Reconciliation. International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology, 10(2), 2141-2150.
Gamage, U. P. & Dilani, N. (2022). The Rationale Behind the Influence of English on Modern Colloquial Sinhala Language. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(9), 11-20.
Gamage, U. P. & Kondowe, W. (2019). APragmatic Study of Humour in Udurawana’s Joke Stories of Sri Lanka: Implications for Second Language Teaching and Learning. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 9(7), 762-768, UK.
Gamage, U. P. & Makangila, S. P. (2019). Modality, Modal Commitment and Modal Responsibility of the Speeches Delivered by the President of Sri Lanka at the UNO General Assembly: A systemic functional analysis. Journal for the Study of English Linguistics, (7)1, 77-94, USA.
Gamage, U. P. & Makangila, S. P. (2019). Conversational Implicature, Humour Theory and the Emergence of Humour: A Pragmatic Analysis of Udurawana’s Stories in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, (8)6, 67-75, Australia.
Gamage, U. P. & Makangila, S. P. (2020). The Translator’s Visibility in Domestication and the Sinhala Translation of ‘The Village in the Jungle’. Journal for the Study of English Linguistics, (8)1, 60-69, USA
Gamage, U. P. (2023). Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach to Language Policy-Problems in Sri Lanka: From Colonialism to Post-war Reconciliation. International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology, 10(2), 2141-2150.
Gamage, U. P. & Dilani, N. (2022). The Rationale Behind the Influence of English on Modern Colloquial Sinhala Language. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(9), 11-20.
Gamage, U. P. & Kondowe, W. (2019). APragmatic Study of Humour in Udurawana’s Joke Stories of Sri Lanka: Implications for Second Language Teaching and Learning. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 9(7), 762-768, UK.
Gamage, U. P. & Makangila, S. P. (2019). Modality, Modal Commitment and Modal Responsibility of the Speeches Delivered by the President of Sri Lanka at the UNO General Assembly: A systemic functional analysis. Journal for the Study of English Linguistics, (7)1, 77-94, USA.
Gamage, U. P. & Makangila, S. P. (2019). Conversational Implicature, Humour Theory and the Emergence of Humour: A Pragmatic Analysis of Udurawana’s Stories in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, (8)6, 67-75, Australia.
Gamage, U. P. & Makangila, S. P. (2020). The Translator’s Visibility in Domestication and the Sinhala Translation of ‘The Village in the Jungle’. Journal for the Study of English Linguistics, (8)1, 60-69, USA
Teaching at Professional Level
Senior Lecturer (Grade I) at the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka from 06/05/2023 to date
Senior Lecturer (Grade II) at the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka from 06/05/2017 to date
Probationary Lecturer at the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka from 06/05/2014 to 06/05/2017
Probationary Lecturer – The University of Colombo in 2014
Asst. Director (RES) – The Open University of Sri Lanka in 2014
Head of the Department-Language & Soft Skills Training Department at Orient Academy Limited from 01/06/2009 to 2013
Asst. Manager-Soft Skills Training at TGKICT Pvt. Ltd. From 01/10/2007 to 30/05/2009
Lecturer/Trainer at MMBL Cyber Skills Pvt. Ltd. From 01/10/2005 to 30/09/2007
Visiting Lecturer at The Open University of Sri Lanka from 01/07/2006 to date (Faculty of Education and Faculty of HSS)
Visiting Lecturer at the University of Vocational Technology from July 2023 to date (Faculty of Education)
Senior Lecturer (Grade II) at the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka from 06/05/2017 to date
Probationary Lecturer at the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka from 06/05/2014 to 06/05/2017
Probationary Lecturer – The University of Colombo in 2014
Asst. Director (RES) – The Open University of Sri Lanka in 2014
Head of the Department-Language & Soft Skills Training Department at Orient Academy Limited from 01/06/2009 to 2013
Asst. Manager-Soft Skills Training at TGKICT Pvt. Ltd. From 01/10/2007 to 30/05/2009
Lecturer/Trainer at MMBL Cyber Skills Pvt. Ltd. From 01/10/2005 to 30/09/2007
Visiting Lecturer at The Open University of Sri Lanka from 01/07/2006 to date (Faculty of Education and Faculty of HSS)
Visiting Lecturer at the University of Vocational Technology from July 2023 to date (Faculty of Education)