Third International Conference on Language, Literature & Society

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Language, Literature & Society 2016
Paper proceedings of Third International Conference

Bangkok, Thailand
18th- 19th January, 2016
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CONFERENCE ORGANISER
International Center for Research & Development, Sri Lanka

CONFERENCE PARTNERS

Department of Communication Studies, ITHACA COLLEGE, New York
Jagadguru Kripalu University, India
Unique Conferences Canada

CONFERENCE CONVERNER
Prabhath Patabendi

CHAIR OF THE CONFERENCE
Dr. Ramaratnam
The Vice Chancellor, JK University

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTE
Dr. Donathan Brown (USA)
Dr. Ramaratnam (India)
Dr. Dale Konstanz (USA)
Prof. Dr. Monika Gomille (Germany)
Dr. Lesley Ljungdahl (Australia)
Dr. Anuradha Benerjee (India)
Prof. Tennyson Samraj (Canada)
Prof. YANG Xiaobin (China)
Prof. Brinda j. Mehta (USA)
Dr. Tomas Petru (Czechoslovakia)
Dr. V.Raji Sugumar (India)

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Language, Literature and Society 2016 (LLS2016)
The Third International Conference on Language, Literature and Society (LLS 2016) was held on the 18th
and 19th of January 2016 in Bangkok. The two earlier conferences were held in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and
Bhubaneshwar (India). LLS 2016 was the outcome of the efforts of International Conference for Research
and Development (ICRD, Sri Lanka), the Department of communication Studies, Ithaca College (USA),
Jagadguru Kriplau University (India) and Unique Conferences (Canada). Judging from the wide
participation (as many as 70 participants), countries represented (32 in number) and the quality of the
papers presented, LLS 2016 was a huge success. The proceedings began with the Key Note addresses by
Dale Konstanz (Glimpses of Classical Thai Literature in the contemporary ‘Thai Culture’), Dr. Donathan
L. Brown (The Global Diversity Crisis: Challenges and Expectations) and Dr. S. Ramaratnam (One
theme, many languages- the Dance Drama traditions in India, China and South East Asia) The
Conference then broke into three parallel sessions – (i) Language and Literature (ii) Language,
Linguistics and other studies, and (iii) Language and teaching methods, held in three different rooms
simultaneously, from 10-30a m. to 5p m with a tea break and a lunch break in between. Papers were
presented on various themes like Women studies, Identity crisis and Colonial influence on native
traditions related to Language and Literature. There were papers on the contribution of African American
writers to English literature, theories on literary appreciation, linguistic studies, the problems of non-
native speakers of English, Comparative study of languages, English Grammar teaching, the problems of
English language teachers, language and culture, language, body & mind, the contribution of
contemporary writers, the problems of bilingualism, the problems of translations, the problems of
language in relation to sciences and social sciences . The works of authors like Virginia Woolf and Tony
Morison were also discussed. It was a rewarding experience for both the paper presenters as well as the
listeners. The participants were taken on a tour on the second day of the conference. Many historical
places in and around Bangkok were visited. The day ended with a river cruise which was a thrilling
experience. The participants were so enthusiastic that they started asking about the venue and date of the
next conference. The participants felt that the Conference brought together the people of different
countries as one family transcending the barriers of caste, creed, languages, religions and nations. Thus
the purpose of the conference was well and truly served.

By Conference Chair
Dr. S. Ramaratnam

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Table of Contents
Titles Publishing Authors Page
No.
No.
PAPERS
1 One Theme, Many Languages – The Dance Drama Traditions in Dr. S Ramaratnam 10
India, China and South East Asia
Bhakti Omkar
2 A comparative study of the literature of Women Saints in 15
Prabhudesai
Maharashtra and other States of India
3 Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Relationship between Teacher’s Shafaq Fayyaz 22
Beliefs and Practices Regarding Form Focused Instruction”
4 30
Convergence between Imagery in dreams and poetic-work Shila Sheedfar
5 The Hispanic Culture of Kapampangan Novels during the Age of 37
Loida Garcia
U.S. Imperialism
6 43
Learning Foreign Language in a Globalised World Dr. Rounak Mahtab
Exploring the sociolinguistics of investment: mapping tensions
48
7 between institutional discourses Vis-a-vis narratives of Filipino Irish Sioson
maritime professionals
A Critical study of Qur’anic Translations and Transliterations: Dr. Bashir, Halliru 55
8
Problems and Solutions Abdulhamid
9 Women’s Fiction: What’s in the name? Jagdish Batra 62
10 The Thing around Your Neck Bidisha Bhadury 69
11 “Reading: Synergize and Sharpen” Deepti Bhide 73
12 Changing linguistic taboos: The relaxation of attitudes to
Matthew Coomber 80
swearing in the UK
Contemporary Significance of Colonial History: A Postcolonial
13 Tulika Ghosh 88
Reading of a Passage to India and Cry, the Beloved Country
The Importance of Writing & Some Innovative Methods to
14 Dr. Ashish Gupta 94
Learn, How to Write English Language
15 Exploring Teaching Listening: Difficult Task Made Easy Jaiprabha Gajbhiv 98
The Study of English Speaking Problems of the Immigration
Suthee Khamkaew
16 Officers Working at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Don mueang Airport 105

and the Government Complex
Artur D. R. Modolo
17 Cyber-culture and Popular Science: Utterances on Facebook 113
18 Retrieval Translation and Annotation of Yogad Folk Songs Divina Gracia Sabio 119

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Toni Morrison: Redefining the Black Component in the
19 Dr. Sonia V Oberoi 125
American Salad Bowl
20 Cultural Pluralism and Christianity on Self-Space in Gulliver’s In-kyung Hwang 133
Travels
21 Language and Culture: Exploring the Relation Prof. Padmini Mane 136
22 Following Suit, Changing Suit, Border-Free-ness: Talk Relay Jungman Park 142
Patterns and the Pro-life Vision in De Turkey and De Law
23 Impacts of Culture and Society on Inter-Cultural Translation Shahrzad Maghrouri 148
Chikako Takahashi;
24 An Empirical Study on Acquisition of English Progressive 153
Akemi Matsuya
“I” and the “cosmic I”: Understanding the dual discourse of the
25 Sandeep S. Sandhu 160
temporal and the transcendental self in Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of
Myself’.
26 Using a Trichotomus Translating Process to Analyze and Record 166
Na Torah
Myanmar Proverbs
Reporting or Evaluating? : Representation of the Nigerian 2011
27 Hameed Tunde 173
Post-Presidential Elections News Reports Through the
ASIRU
Ideological Lenses of the Media
28 Shaikh Faried-ud-din masood Asma Qadri 180
A corpus-based study of The Nation’s and CNN’s evaluation of
29 Wimonwan 182
Yingluck Shinawatra in political conflicts in Thailand: An
Aungsuwan
appraisal approach to discourse analysis
30 Translating Greetings: The Igbo-French Example Kate Ndukauba 190
Phuong Nguyen
31 Cognitive Metaphor of Vietnamese Perception Verbs 195
Hoang
Language, Politics, Power: Terminology use of “gay” in the
32 Yang, YU 202
history of the Associated Press
Listening Comprehension Problems of Thai University English
33 Andy Noces Cubalit 207
Learners
Use of Metaphors in Conceptualizing Healthcare Policy Covering
34 Napaporn Panomrit 214
Obama’s Affordable Care Act Speeches

ABSTRACTS
English-translated Japanese Animation as an EFL Material for
35 Reito Adachi 222
Japanese College Students
Suggestions to increase the effectiveness of drawing nonverbal
36 Lyndon Small 222
communication: A Japanese perspective.
Englicious: Presenting a New Platform for English Grammar
37 Bas Aarts 223
Teaching

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Effectiveness of Literature-Based Pedagogy in Enhancing
38 Dr. Romeo Y. Martin 223
Students’ Attitude towards Literature Courses
The Interdependent Nature of Language and Culture and the
39 Sugandha Srivastava 224
Emergence of a Hybrid Variety of Hindi and English – Hinglish
"The Xanadu Decree: An Intercultural Reading of Coleridge's
40 Dr. Robert Tindol 224
'Kubla Khan'"
41 Role of Fate in the Theban Plays and Riders to the Sea Sadia Afroz 225
Native and Non- Native English Teachers in Oman (who is
42 225
Marou Al Zeidi
teaching English better?)
43 226
Learning a Native Language as a Second Language Ahmad Haji Safar
Integrating Multiply Intelligence Assignments to Increase
44 226
Alex Monceaux
Reading Comprehension
Ideology of Al Jazeera Political Debates of the 2011 Yemen
45 227
Raya AlKharusi
Revolution
“The Portryal of Indian Dalit’s Stark, Simple and Heart-Breaking Dr. Ashok M.
46 227
Life in Vibhavari Shirurkar’s The Vitim” Hulibandi
Language, Body and Mind: Exploring the Metaphoric and
47 228
Metonymic Motivation in English and Cantonese Body-part Danny Leung
Idioms
48 228
From a Peer Tutor to a Teacher Asma Al Ismaili
The resistance to relocation in the linguistic space of Hasan Dr. Tirthankar Das
49 229
Azizul Hoque’s novel, Agun-Pakhi Purkayastha
Analysıs of Language through Fırst Person Pronoun - A research
50 229
on Miyazaki Hayao’s work of “My Neighbour Totoro” in Güliz ENBATAN
Japanese, Turkish and English Versions-
Language Appropriation Strategies in Constructing Gender
51 230
Fareeha Zaheer
Identity: The Case of Shazaf Fatima Haider’s How it Happened
Is Study abroad a women experience? A gender perspective of
52 230
Mar Galindo
language learning abroad
The Body Politics of Idealized Perfection and the ‘Omniopticon Christina
53 231
Gaze’ in Indian Pop Culture Dhanasekaran
The use of Stream of Consciousness Technique in Virginia
54 231
Eliza Binte Elahi
Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway
Grammatical Metaphor in Social Science and Life Science
55 232
Md. Mehedi Hasan
Research Articles: A Comparative Study
56 232
Modality in Translation Hyun-Hee Choi
Understanding Myth and Reshaping History through Anand
57 233
Neelkantan’s Asura : Tale of the Vanquished and Amish Shubhra Joshi
Tripathi’s Scion of Ikshvaku.

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Language Shift and Language Maintenance in Two Maimunah Abdul
58 233
Generations of Javanese Speakers in Malaysia Kadir
Relevance of Bilingualism in the Creative Translation of Nannul, Dr. Kanakaraj
59 234
the Tamil Grammar Compendium in English Sundaravadivel
60 The Overlapping of Genres between Rules and Transgression Loui ali Khalil 234
61 Face-to-Face Dialogue to Talk about Vertical Space with Co- Tae Kunisawa 235
speech-co-thought Gestures

Strategies of Cultural Translation: A Look at The Translation of
62 235
Lia Maulia Indrayani
Sundanese’s Short Story into English

Idiosyncrasy in the Productivity of Word Formation (Based on Morad Bagherzadeh
63 236
Persian Data), Lexicalist Position or Non-lexicalist Position Kasmani
Which one?
The –ed Allomorphs of Malay Speakers of English and Linguistic Maskanah Mohammad
64 236
Knowledge Types Lotfie
An Empirical Study of Negation Marker Types in Korean Social
65 237
Jeesun Nam
Media Texts
66 Rachanee Pornsi 237
The Inheritance of Dhamma Script from Lanna Kingdom
67 The Use of Sanskrit in the Political language of Islamic Dr. Ronie Parciack
238
Preaching in Urdu in Contemporary India
Reaction Speeches as a Genre of Political Rhetoric: A Study of
68 238
Katja PLEMENITAŠ
Obama's Speeches about Police Violence
A Comparative Study between Korean and English Online Texts
69 239
Suzy Park
Extracted from Political Debate Forums
70 239
Language acquisition among Anatomy students Jessie James Tolero
The Theory of Beauty and the Construction of Identity- a
Tara Senanayake
71 Comparative study of The Bluest Eye and Monsoons and 240
Potholes
72 A Feminist View toward Adultery in Thai Novels: The Kosit Tipteimpong 240
Victimization of Mia Luang and Mia Noi in Thai Context
73 241
Literature for Global Solidarity Dr. Phani Kiran
74 Ruth Rymbai 241
Women, Sexuality and Language
Discussing the Dispossessed: Globalization and the Future of
75 242
Dr. Anant Dadhich
Indigenous Languages
Public Symbols of Disabilities: An Intercultural Perspective on
76 242
Donald Persons
Inclusion

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One theme, many languages – the dance drama traditions in India, China and South East
Asia
Dr. S Ramaratnam
Vice Chancellor, Jagadguru Kripalu University, Odisha, India
Abstract
Archaeological evidences, particularly, the pottery shards in China dating from the 4th millennium BC
(about 6000 years ago) depict dancers brandishing spears and other weapons that were used for hunting.
As for the Chinese folk dances, mention may be made of the Dragon Dance, the Fan Dance and the Lion
Dance. The Court Dance is more sophisticated than these. Chinese opera is a popular form of drama and
musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China. In the Bhagavata Mela
dance drama tradition of India men take the role of women characters, as in the Chinese counterpart. The
21st century has seen new developments in the Chinese Dance Drama as in The Silk Road and the Legend
of the Sun. The Rāmāyaṇa theme is very popular in the dance dramas of India. Similarly in the Khon
tradition of Thailand, the Ramkien theme is popular. The Indonesian Rāmāyaṇa dance drama attracts a
large International audience even today. In Mynmar, it is Yamayana, in Cambodia it is Khol, in Bali
islands, it is Kecak, in Java it is Wayang Wong – all representing the same theme, only the languages are
different.
Keywords: Dance Drama, the Rāmāyaṇa, Court Dance, Bhagavata Mela
Introduction
Human evolution demonstrates group endeavours. They bring people together, educate, enlighten and
entertain. In the field of art also, group presentations have greater impact on human mind. It is in this
context that group productions of Dance dramas are discussed in this paper. Both India and China have a
long history of Arts and Fine Arts. Though no corresponding written historical source exists,
archaeologists have found pottery shards in China dating from the 4th millennium BC (about 6000 years
ago) which depict dancers brandishing spears and other weapons that were used for hunting. The hunting
was invariably followed by hunting dance. Much, much later, during the Han (BC206 – CD 220) Dynasty
period, most of the folk dances of the many ethnic minorities of present-day China were developed. The
dances were mainly meant for pleasing gods for a bountiful harvest. Both India and China have a
profound influence on the life of the people of the South East Asian countries. While China has more
influence than India on the social life of the South East Asian countries, India seems to have more
influence on the cultural side. The present paper discusses the Dance Drama traditions of these countries.
As for the theme, the Rāmāyaṇa still holds a sway over the dance dramas of South East Asian countries,
though the languages differ.
The Chinese tradition of Dance Dramas and Dances
China has 56 ethnic minorities, each of which has a culture that is characterized by, among other features,
a set of unique folk dances. Since each ethnic group's folk dances reflect the peculiarities of that group's
religious, cultural and historical narrative, as it were, the dances – their choreography and their colorful
costumes – naturally reflect this ethnic narrative. That said, many of the dances of ethnic minority groups
share common themes such as rivalry, jealously and love – but also forgiveness – as well as matrimonial
bliss and the communal bond. The communal bond plays an important role in many ethnic dances, and,
indeed, one of the main reasons for the ritual performance of these ethnic dances on festive occasion is to

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