Title: Language homeostasis in race relations

Authors: Leonie Solomons, Alfredo Moscardini

Addresses: University of Sunderland, Room 201, CAT, St. Peter's Campus, UK. ' University of Sunderland, Room 201, CAT, St. Peter's Campus, UK

Abstract: Language is prima facie a regulatory activity for it is the medium of communication amongst the people of a country. In some countries, language is such a contentious issue that it has underpinned what might be called |ethnic based| claims for secession. Using the example of Sri Lanka, the issues facing a tri-lingual nation is cybernetically examined with the objective of diagnosing the different homeostatic relationships pertaining to language. In particular, posed is the question – Is there a major set of homeostatic relationships worthy of deeper exploration given the way it differently affects the various races.

Keywords: multi-ethnic population; multilingual population; Sri Lanka; secession; language homeostasis; identity; viability; race relations; communication; cybernetics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASS.2008.022798

International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 2008 Vol.2 No.1/2, pp.109 - 126

Published online: 26 Jan 2009 *

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