Why Grammar should be Investigated in New Englishes?

Presented by:

Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman

Grammar

The ways words work together

To know more about a newlanguage

For effective communication

Why Grammar?

The way of comparing twovarieties of a language

More extensive than acrossdialects

For understanding English as asecond language

Grammatical Features of New Englishes

Tag questions:He can play golf, or not?He can play golf, yes or not?Tense:I am understanding it now.I finish eat.Reduplication:Now-now (=soon, at once)Big-big fish (=many fish)

Grammatical Features of New Englishes (con’t.)

Article in Indian English

Let’s go to city.

He is not aware of hardship of life.

Colloquial Singapore English

Why you eat so much?

BrE+AmE: why eat so much?