英语综述论文

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1、1.萧伯伦“英美是被英语分割的两个国家和民族”如何理解？AsthefamousIrishwriterGeorgeBernardsaying,“EnglandandAmericaaretwocountriesseparatedtothesamelanguage”,EnglishistheofficialandcommonlanguageofBritainandAmerica;EnglishspreadaroundtheworldbytheBritishcolonialactivities;whileEnglishalsoappeareddi

2、fferencesintheevolution,resultingintwobranches:AmericanEnglishandEnglishEnglish.WhiletheyarestandardEnglish,therearesomedifferencesinpronunciation,vocabularyandgrammar.Intermsofpronunciation,firstly,AmericanEnglishismoreconservativeinthephonology,secondly,pronunciationdif

3、ferencesarealsoreflectedbysomewordswherethereisnocertainrules.thirdly,forsometwo-syllablewordsendingwith-aryand-ory,theaccentinAmericanEnglishisthefirstsyllable,whileBritishEnglishputstheaccentonthesecondone.Asforvocabulary,becauseoftheinfluenceinthedevelopment,thediffere

4、ncesbetweenAmericanEnglishandEnglishEnglishareshowedonthespelling.Firstofall,somesamewordsshowdifferentmeaning,suchasbillion(十亿/万亿)、biscuit(软饼/苏打饼干)andsoon.Secondly,theAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharerepresentedthesameconceptwithdifferentwordsrespectively,forinstance,b

5、aggage/luggage(行李)andcan/tin(罐头);Thethirdoneishespelling,suchasanalyze/analyse(分析)、center/centre(中心)、defense/defence(保卫)、dialog/dialogue(对话)、inflection/inflexion(弯曲)、instal/install(安装)、kilogram/kilogramme(公斤)、labor/labour(劳动)andsoon。Forgrammar,whenusingthesamegrammarsyste

6、m,insomecases,especiallyintheexpressionprovidingnews,AmericanEnglishgenerallyusesthepreterite,whileBritishEnglishusestheperfective.Forsomewords,AmericanEnglishgenerallyusespluralform,butBritishEnglishusesthesingular,suchassports/sport(运动).Whenrepresentsomeplacenounwiththe

7、abstractconcepts,AmericanEnglishusesthedefinitearticle,butBritishEnglishnot.ForEnglishlearners,itisimportantunderstandandgraspthecharacteristicsandlawsoftheirdifferences,helpinguscorrectlyuseEnglishtocommunicateeffectivelyinordertoavoidunnecessarymisunderstandingormisinte

8、rpretation.*萧伯伦“英美是被英语分割的两个国家和民族”如何理解英语是英美两国的官方语言和通用语言；正如爱尔兰著名作家萧伯纳曾经说过的那样：英国和美国是被同一种语言分开来的两个国家。