Question

In Indian English, the sentence “He is my cousin brother” is an example of:

• A. Tautology
• B. Syntactic ambiguity
• C. Redundant Indianism
• D. Ellipsis

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Redundant Indianism

In native varieties of English, cousin is gender-neutral. The phrase cousin brother is a redundant Indianism, commonly used in India but unnecessary in Standard English.