Reasons for the Differences between American English and British 英语专业毕业论文

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1、ReasonsfortheDifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishThesisstatement:TostudyEnglishwellanduseitflexiblyEnglishlearnersshouldknowalittleaboutthereasonsforthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.I.Introduction1.Problemscausedbyth

2、edifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish2.PurposeofthispaperⅡ.Differencesthatmostlytendtomakeusconfused1.Phoneticdifferences2.SpellingdifferencesⅢ.ReasonsthathavecauseddifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish1.Languagereasons1.1De

3、velopmentoflanguage1.2Absorptionofmanyforeignwords1.3IndependenceofAmericanEnglish1.4FeaturesofAmericanpronunciation1.4.1Abdominalpronunciation1.4.2Literalpronunciation1.4.3Clearstressedandunstressedsyllables2.Culturalreasons1.TheAmericanspiritof“Do-I

4、t-Yourself”2.Thelawwithafocusonequality3.ThegreatachievementofscienceandtechnologyandrapideconomicaldevelopmentofAmericaⅣ.ConclusionAbstract:WiththepopularityofAmericanEnglish,thedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishareincreasinglyobvious

5、,whichinevitablyraisesomeproblemsforEnglishlearners.Thisthesiswilldiscussthereasonsforthedifferencesbetweenthemfrombothofthetwopointsofview:languageandcultureandchoosesomeofthemtobeanalyzedsothattheEnglishlearnerscanstudyEnglishbetteranduseitmoreflexi

6、bly.Keywords:AmericanEnglish,BritishEnglish,languagedifference,culturaldifferenceReasonsfortheDifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishⅠ.IntroductionAsweallknow,AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishare“variants”oftheEnglishlanguage,andthelastfewde

7、cadeshavewitnessedanever-increasingwidespreadofAmericanEnglish.Alargequantityofcurrentbooks,magazinesarewritteninEnglish;Americanradios,televisions,networksandmoviesarebeingspreadallovertheworld.EventheBBC,whichhaslongusedBritishEnglishspeakingannounc

8、ersexclusively,nowhasAmericanannouncersinitsbroadcasts,especiallyinprogrammersthatgotocountrieslikeSouthKorea,whereAmericanEnglishisfavored.ThemostfamiliaroneforusperhapsisthereplacementoftheAmericansystemofphoneticsignsforBritishoneinelementa