A brief introduction of the major differences between British English and American English 词汇学论文

A brief introduction of the major differences between British English and American English 词汇学论文

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1、AbriefintroductionofthemajordifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishAbstractThisarticledescribessomeofthemaindifferencesintheEnglishofBritishandAmericanspeakers.Differencesinthewaythatthesamelanguageisspokenindifferentplacesarecalledvarietiesordial

2、ects.Thesevarietiesmayberegionalornational.Forexample,wecanheardifferentformsofEnglishinvariousregionsoftheUK,orindifferentpartsoftheEnglish-speakingworld.TherearenumerousvarietiesofEnglish,suchasIndianEnglish,AustralianEnglish,andWestAfricanEnglish.Butforhi

3、storicalreasons,BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharethetwomostinfluentialvarietiesanditisthedifferencesbetweenthesetwothatwewilldiscusshere.KeyWords:BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,differences,varieties,dialects,IntroductionAmericanandBritishEnglisharedialects

4、ofEnglishwhichhavearecognisedstandardformandareequallyacceptableinAcademicEnglishaslongasthestyleandregisterusedareappropriatelyformal.TherearenosignificantdifferencesintheacademicformofothervarietiesofEnglish.ThesetendtoresembleeithertheAmericanorBritishfor

5、m.Forexample,AustralianEnglishgenerallyusesthesamespellingasBritishEnglish.ThosepeoplewhocomplainaboutthedifficultiesoflearningGerman,don'tknowhowluckytheyreallyare-theyonlyhaveonelanguagetomaster.Admittedly,thereareregionaldifferencesofdialectinGerman-speak

6、ingcountries,butthenon-nativespeakerwhohaslearnedHochdeutsch(highorstandardGerman)shouldhavenoproblemsinmakinghimselfunderstoodbycitizensofGermany,AustriaorSwitzerland.ThedifficultyforthenonnativelearnerofEnglishontheotherhandisthatthereisnostandardEnglishfo

7、rm.HeisconfrontedwithtwoEnglishdialectstolearn:BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish(leavingasideAustralian,Indian,SouthAfricanEnglishetc.)Anddespitethemanycross-culturalinfluences,itseemsthatthevocabularies,spellingsandpronunciationsofthesetwodialectsaredivergin

8、gyearbyyear.TobeconsistentinhisuseofEnglishand,moreimportantly,tobeunderstood,thenonnativespeakerneedstoknowwhichwordshavedistinctmeaningsandpronunciationsdependingonwhethertheyareusedbyaBritono

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