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1、DifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishinlexicologyAbstract:Atthetimeofglobalization,Englishasauniversallanguageisveryimportantforpeople’sdailylife.Nomateryouareacitizenoryouareagovernmentofficer,youstillneedtouseEnglishtocommunicatewithothercountry’speople.AlthoughA
2、mericanEnglishandBritishEnglishareEnglish,theystillhavesomethingindifferent.ThisarticlewillintroducethedifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishinlexicology.KeyWords:BritishEnglish;AmericanEnglishinthe21stCentury,withthedevelopmentofdevelopmentofthehigh-technolog
3、y,worldisgettingsmallerandsmaller.Itbecomestheearthvillage.Peopleofallcolors,allkindsandalllanguageliveinthishugevillage.Englishgraduallybecomesthemainlanguageofthisbigfamily.TherearetwobiggestandthemostimportantlanguagesbecreatedwhichareAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.
4、USistheoverlordofthisworldgoingwithitsstronger,andAmericanEnglishisgettingmorepopular.AndAmericanEnglishisalreadyacceptedbyBritishpeople.Therefore,theyalsobegintolearnandusethissimplificationlanguage.AmericanEnglishisalmostthesameasBritishEnglish,buttheystillhavesomediff
5、erences.Thissituationjustlikeourcountry,wehavemanydifferentlocalisms,whicharereallydifficulttocommunicatewitheachother.ThesamethingoccursbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.1.Vocabulary:1.1:TheSameWordswithDifferentMeaning:1.1.1CompleteHomonyms:Somewordsappearinbotho
6、fAmericanandBritishEnglish,butthemeaningsoftheminAmericanEnglisharetotallydifferentwiththeminBritishEnglish.Forexample,publicschoolinBritishEnglishmeansaprivatefor-feesecondaryschool,whileitmeansaschoolsupportedbypublicfundsinAmericanEnglish.1.1.2Two-wayLocalHomonyms:Som
7、ewordsappearinbothofAmericanandBritishEnglish,andpartoftheirmeaningsaresameinAmericanandBritishEnglish,whileanotheraredifferent.Forexample,shipisacommonwordinEnglish.Itmeansalargeboatthatcarriespeopleorgoodsbysea.Besides,InBritishEnglishitalsomeansconveybysea,whileitmean
8、sconveybyanytransportation:marine,railway,motor,vehicle,etc.inAmericanEnglish.SoEnglishmenwillfeelitiss
