English Language and Literature
1. Gnanaseelan, J. (June 2020). Academic English in Research Papers: a Stylistic Analysis of the texts of Sri Lankan Writers. Journal of Business Management. ISSN 2651-0189 (Print). Vol. 03 Issue. 02; June 2020. Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. A Biannual Peer-Reviewed Refereed Research Journal. pp. 106-151. Available at
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350040523_Academic_English_in_Research_Papers_a_Stylistic_Analysis_of_the_texts_of_Sri_Lankan_Writers
2. Gnanaseelan, J. & Jeyaseelan, S. (June 2019). The Implications in the Use of English as the Medium of Instruction in Business Management Courses at Vavuniya Campus. Journal of Business Management. ISSN 2651-0189 (Print). Vol. 02 Issue. 01; June 2019. Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. A Biannual Peer-Reviewed Refereed Research Journal. pp. 165-192. Available at
3. Gnanaseelan, J. & Jeyaseelan, S. (21 August 2018). Noun Phrase Formation in Business Letter Writing in English. Journal of Business Management. ISSN 2651-0189 (Print). Vol. 01 Issue. 01; 20 August 2018. Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. A Biannual Peer-Reviewed Refereed Research Journal. pp.34-57. Available at
4. Gnanaseelan, J. (2013). The Errors in the Use of Article in Business Letter Writing in English: A Case Study of the Business Management Students of Vavuniya Campus, Sri Lanka. Proceedings. Vol 2. Full Paper publication. 3rd International Symposium (6th July 2013). The South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. ISBN: 978-955-627-042-6
5. Gnanaseelan, J. (2011). English Language Performance and Teaching Profession - a Case Study of the Conflict-affected Vavuniya District of Sri Lanka. Samodhana, Vol. II/2011 of the Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Rajarata University. ISSN 2235-9109. pp.61-88.
6. Gnanaseelan, J. (2010). The ‘Translocal’ Nationalism of the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora: A Reading of Selected Short Stories of V.N. Giridharan. Puthiya Panuval: An International Journal of Tamil Studies, Chennai - 600 005, India. Vol 2, No 01, ISSN: 0975 – 6213 ; p.45-56. available at
http://www.indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/Panu/article/viewDownloadInterstitial/776/1005
http://www.jgspring.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-translocal-nationalism-of-sri.html
Media and Political Discourse Analysis
7. Gnanaseelan, J. (June 2013). Reconciliation between Tamils and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka: Propaganda in Media Discourse. Puthiya Panuval: An International Journal of Tamil Studies, Chennai - 600 005, India. Vol 5, No 01, ISSN: 0975 – 6213 ; p.116-128. available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257938692_Reconciliation_between_Tamils_and_Sinhalese_in_Sri_Lanka_Propaganda_in_Media_Discourse
8. Gnanaseelan, J. (2012). A Discourse Analysis of Ethnic Conflict and Peace in the Editorials of English Newspapers – A Case Study of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Journal of Advanced Social Studies, Vol.1, No 2. July-Dec 2011: the National Centre for Advanced Studies of the University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka. Pp. 45-68. ISSN: 2012-9149.
http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SLJASS/article/viewFile/4856/3885
Discourse Analysis in Diverse Disciplines
9. Gnanaseelan, J. (June 2020). A critical discourse analysis of a newspaper editorial promoting insurance. Journal of Business Management. ISSN 2651-0189 (Print). Vol. 03 Issue. 01; June 2019. Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. A Biannual Peer-Reviewed Refereed Research Journal. pp. 48-67. Available at
http://www.vau.jfn.ac.lk/fbs/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JBMVolume-03-Issue-I.pdf
10. Gnanaseelan, J., & Manobavan, M. (2010). Synthesizing the historiographical aspects found in the literature for building a descriptive model of the man-nature interfaces in post-colonial Batticaloa: A Discourse Analytic Approach. Journal of the Sri Lanka Association of Geographers, the Department of Geography of the University of Ruhunu, Vol. 1, No. 1. p. 36-50. ISSN: 2012-8606.