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1、TheInfluenceOfIndividualismOnAmericanEnglishAbstract:Asweallknow,individualismisoneofthemostimportantnationaltraitsinAmerica.MyoriginalpurposetocompilethispaperistoanalysetheintimateconnectionbetweenAmericanEnglishandAmericanculture.Inordertoreachthispur
2、pose,thispaperwillfocusontheinfluenceofindividualismonAmericanEnglish.Keywords:individualism;Americanculture;AmericanEnglish5论个体主义价值对美国英语的影响内容摘要:众所周知,个体主义在美国是一个最重要的民族特征,我写这篇文章的原旨是分析美国英语与美国文化之间的密切联系和相互作用,为了达到这个目的,这篇文章将着重讨论个体主义价值在美国文化中的具体表现以及它在美国英语中的反映关键词:
3、个体主义;美国文化;美国英语5“Individualism”isaspecialtermcreatedbyAloxisdeTocgueville(1805-1859),aFrenchhistorianandpclitician.Itpainstakinglyhighlightsapcliticalandsocialphilosophythatemphasizeindividualisticfreedomandnone-restraint,includingself-advantage,Individua
4、lismandcollectivismarethetnoculturalsystemsandtherefromasharpcontrastbetweenthem.TodiscussAmericanculture,itisinevitabletotalkaboutindividualisticValuebecauseIndividualismisprevailinginAmericanscciety.Individualismisaparticularculturephouomenonwhichhasco
5、meintobeingforalongtimeinAmericanhistory.TherearemanyformsofindividualisminAmericanculture.Firstofall,amongtheseformstheself-benefithasgotthemostimportantposition.Inaddition,Individualismincludes:self-interest,self-heroicandliberalism.Insomeextremecases,
6、Individualismcanevenbeenembodiedbynon-governmentalism.TakingtheseformsofIndividualismintocorsideration,itisobviouslythatIndividualismisinferiortocollectivism.Butcompocredwithfeudualisticsystemwhichtendtorestrainpersonalideaandpersonaldevelopment,itisanad
7、vancement.InsomeextentIndividualismhasfueledthedevelopmentofproductivityduringtheAmericanhistorialcourseofproductivityimprovement.Asweallknow,languageandcultureinfluenceseachother.NowwearegoingtotalkaboutthecloserelationshipbetweenAmericancultureandAmeri
8、canEnglish.Inordertoreachthisultimateaim,wearegoingtofocusontheconcentratedexpressionofidividualisminAmericancultureandtheinfluenceofidividualismonAmericanEnglish.Americanshaveastrongconsciousnessofself-strugglingandcompet