Learning puzzles with Indian english tags

Chandra, Pritha and Sahoo, Anindita (2014) Learning puzzles with Indian english tags. Language and Language Teaching, 3 (2). pp. 8-13. ISSN 2277-307X

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Abstract

Second language learning (L2) is a unique and interesting domain of research. Most learners have an existing knowledge of one or more first languages (L1), which sometimes aids and sometimes hinders the acquisition of a new language. We present here, the case of Indian English question tags that seem to have been influenced by both ‘standard’ (American and British) English and Hindi-Urdu, and yet exhibit some unique features. Our primary contentions are, (a) Indian English has its own grammatical system, and (b) the learning of Indian English does not crucially rely on the learners’ first language competence1 .

Item Type:	Articles in APF Magazines
Authors:	Chandra, Pritha and Sahoo, Anindita
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Second language, language acquisition, grammatical systems
Subjects:	Language
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Language and Language Teaching
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/1538
Publisher URL:	http://apfstatic.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-...

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