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1、DifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishAbstract:BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharethetwomostimportantvariantsoftheEnglishlanguage.Theyinfluenceeachotherandaremutuallycomplementary.Duetothehistorical,political,culturalandenvironmentalfactors,thetwolanguagevariationshavesomedifferencesinv
2、ariousaspects.Thesevarietiesmayberegionalornational.TounderstandthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishandtograsptheirrulesareveryimportant.Thispaperwilldescribethedifferencesinthefollowingaspects:pronunciation,spelling,vocabulary,grammar,andusage.I.IntroductionNowadays,Englishispopul
3、araroundtheworld,whichhasexperiencedgreatchangesduringalongtimeofAmericancolonization,EnglishhasbeenthelanguageoftheUnitedStates.Fromthenon,Englishlanguageweregroupedintotwomajorkinds,BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish,whichhavetheirowncharacteristics.Astimethetimegoes,Americabeginstakepartininternat
4、ionalaffairs.Especially,AmericaplaysaimportantroleininternationalstagefromSecondWorldWartonow.Recent20years,AmericanEnglishdevelopsquicklyinpolitics,economy,culture,educationandsoon.SoAmericanEnglishdevelopsrapidly,andisdiscussedandstudiedinworld.Inmodernsociety,somepeoplethinklearningAmericanEngli
5、shisfashionable,buttheconceptofdifferencesmustnotbetakentoofar,becauseBritishEnglishandAmericanwillbetwomajorvarietiesofonelanguage,nottwodifferentlanguages,withthedevelopmentofmodernscience,technology,massmedia,thedifferencesbetweenthesetwonationsarebecomingsmaller.Inpractice,thetendencyistowardsb
6、etterunderstandingbetweenthepeopleofthetwocountries.InordertohelptheEnglishlearnersbetterunderstandthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish,thispapertriestoanalysethemaindifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishinpronunciation,spelling,vocabulary,grammar,andusage.II.pronunciat
7、iondifferences:Thereareanumberofeasy-to-heardifferencesinthewaythatEnglishispronouncedbyBritishandAmericanspeakers.Herewewilllookatthefollowingareas:BritishandAmericanspeakershavedifferentstresspatternsinth
