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1、ContrastiveStudiesonAmericanandBritishEnglishfromthePerspectiveofWordMeaningandIdiomaticUsageAbstract:Makingcontrastisaveryimportantmethodtoknowandunderstandtheworldandalsooneofthebasicapproachestoconductlanguageresearchandstudy.Itiswidelyknownthattheimporta
2、nceandinfluenceofEnglishlanguagehavebecomemoreandmoreobviouslyinglobalizesocietynowadays,asEnglishhasalreadybecomeaninternationallanguageworldwide.WhiletherearecertainlymanymorevarietiesofEnglish,AmericanandBritishEnglisharethetwovarietiesthataretaughtinmost
3、ESL/EFLprograms.Generally,itisagreedthatnooneversionis"correct",however,therearecertainlypreferencesinuse.ThispapersummarizesavarietyofdifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishfromtheperspectiveofwordmeaningandidiomaticusage.Themostimportantruleofthumbisto
4、trytobeconsistentinourusage.Maybe,theonlythingwecoulddoistounderstandandutilizetheEnglishlanguagethroughdistinguishthedifferencesbetweenthemaspossibleaswecan,andmakefulluseofthislanguageasatooltoknownandtouchtheworldoutside.Keywords:ContrastiveStudies,WordMe
5、aning,IdiomaticUsage摘要：比较是人类认识世界的重要方法，也是语言学习的基本方法之一。众所周知，英语作为一门国际性语言，其重要性和影响力在经济全球化的今天日益显著。英语包含了多种变体，其中美式英语和英式英语作为两种主要变体来在ESL/EFL课程中11进行教授。一般认为，二者不存在对错之分。然而，在使用上却存在着偏好。本文从词意与习惯用法的角度，对美式英语与英式英语的差异做了大量总结。而对于我们来说，最重要的原则是能在使用的过程发现其相容性。我们应该做的唯一事情是，通过对英国英语和美国英语的区别
6、了解，去更好地理解和运用这门语言，使英语成为我们认识世界、接触世界的一项有效工具。关键字：对比研究，词意，习惯用法IntroductionItiswidelyknownthattheimportanceandinfluenceofEnglishlanguagehavebecomemoreandmoreobviouslyinglobalizesocietynowadays,asEnglishhasalreadybecomeaninternationallanguageworldwide.Untiltoday,th
7、eEnglishhasformedseveraldifferenttypesduetothedifferencebetweenhistorybackground,geographyenvironmentandsocialdevelopmentofEnglishusingcountries.Amongthesecountries,AmericanEnglishinAmericanregionisthemostimportanttype.Allinall,basedonBritishEnglish,American
8、Englishwasdevelopingeversince17thcentury.Atthebeginningof17thcentury,thecapitalismofBritishwasadvancedandsincethisgrowthratedirectlystimulatedBritishcapitalistandnewnobles,theirambitionsofcontro
