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1、英语历史简介TheLexicalDifferencesBetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishAbstractWiththedevelopmentofthetwocountries一AmericaandtheU.K.,thedifferencesinsomefieldsareclearandarealsoreflectedintheirlanguages.Eventhoughtherearemanysimilaritiesinbothvariants,therearemanydifferen
2、cesinlexicologybecauseofdifferentregions,socialbackgrounds,thewaysofpeople'sthinking,etc.ThispaperdiscussesthedifferencesinlexicologybetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishandtheirtendencythroughthehistoricaldevelopmentofthetwovariants.KeyWordsAmericanEnglish;British
3、English;thelexicaldifference摘要美国是一个移民国家，美国英语主要是十七世纪英国英语在美国的进一步发展。美国英语和英国英语虽然有很多相同之处，但是由于历史文化和社会背景及人们的思维方式导致了很多的不同。随着社会的发展,美国英语与英国英语的差别越来越显著。本文通过回顾分析英国英语和美国英语的历史演变和发展过程,论述了美国英语和英国英语在词汇方面存在的主要差异，通过了解两种英语在词汇方面存在的差异，使英语学习者比较容易地掌握某一种英语以及正确地表达英语包含的丰富的知识。本文同时还指出了美国英语以其独有的特点
4、和语言艺术魅力越来越受到人们的关注,从而探讨英语的发展趋势。关键词美国英语；英国英语;词汇差异IntroductionAmongthethousandsofdifferentlanguagesintheworldthereisonlyonethatcanclaimtobeamoreorlessuniversallanguage一English.Itisestimatedthatthereareover300millionnativespeakers,ofwhomsome200millionliveintheUnitedState
5、sandsome50millionintheUnitedKingdom.Inadditiontonativespeakersthereareabout500to700millionpeopleusingEnglish,whichmakesthetotalnumberofspeakersnearlyone-forthoftheworld,spopulation.Today,AmericanEnglishisparticularlyinfluential;therearemanyothervarietiesofEnglisharou
6、ndtheworld,including,forexample,AustralianEnglish,NewZealandEnglish,CanadianEnglish,SouthAfricanEnglish,IndianEnglishandCaribbeanEnglish.AmongthedifferentvariantsofEnglishthetwobestknownareAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.Theredoexistdifferencesbetweenthetwo,justasma
7、nydifferencesinthevarietieswithinthemselves.TobeconsistentintheuseofEnglish,andmoreimportantly,tobeunderstood,thenonnativespeakerneedstoknowwhichwordshavedistinctmeaningsandpronunciationsdependingonwhethertheyareusedbyanEnglishmanoranAmerican.Thisisnecessarynotonlyfo
8、rsakeofcommunication,butalsotoavoidembarrassment.ThispaperwillfocusonhowAmericanEnglishcametobedifferentfromBritishEnglishinlexicol
