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1、DifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishAbstract:Iwanttoexplainthedifferencesinthefollowingaspects:pronunciation,spelling,meaning,vocabularyandusage.Iwillcomparethesetwolanguagesintheoryandusesomeexamples.Ithinkwecanlearnmorethroughthiskindofresearch.Keyw
2、ords:differences,AmericanEnglish,BritishEnglish,pronunciation,spelling,meaning,use.Englishisoneofthemostimportantlanguagesintheworld.Itisimportantbecauseofitsworldwideuse.LargenumbersofpeopleintheworldspeakandwriteEnglishasaforeignlanguageforthepurposeofscience,tec
3、hnology,andinternationalcommunication.ItisapparentlythatEnglishisthemoststudiedandusedlanguageintheworld.Englishisunmistakablyonelanguagebutcanbegroupedintotwomajorvarieties,BritishandAmericanEnglishwhichhavetheirowncharacter.GrammaticaldifferencesbetweenBritishEng
4、lishandAmericanEnglisharefew.WhatIwanttoexplaininmythesisismainlyaboutlexical.Iwanttoexplainthedifferencesinthefollowingaspects:pronunciation,spelling,meaning,vocabularyandusage.Iwillcomparethesetwolanguagesintheoryandusesomeexamples.Ithinkwecanlearnmorethroughthis
5、kindofresearch.ⅠDifferencesinPronunciation:⒈differencesinindividualsounds:⑴Americansretaintherattheendofthewordscar,etc.,orbeforeconsonantsasinhard,etc.;inBritishEnglishtherisnotpronounced,asinteacher['ti:tʃə].BrEstar[sta:]car[ka:]AmEstar[stʌr]car[stʌr]⑵Intermsofth
6、econsonant,themostobvioussystematicdifferenceisthe7pronunciationof/r/behindvowelsinAmericanEnglish.ButthispronunciationdonotexistinBritishEnglish.Herearesomeexamples:AmEBrEdoor/dɔ:r//dɔ:/father/`fa:ðər//`fa:ðə/pleasure/`pleʒər//`pleʒə/⑶Theotherimportantsystematicis
7、thepronunciationof/t/betweentwovowels.Itpronouncedas/t/inBritishEnglishbutpronouncedas/d/inAmericanEnglish.e.g.:butterbettermatterfatter⑷Americansprefertouseflatasimilarto/æ/,inwordspath,grass,answer,etc.againstthebroadacurrentlyusedbyEnglishmen.⑸Thethirdobvioussys
8、tematicdifferenceisrelatedto/l/.Thereisdifferencebetweenclear/l/anddark/l/inBritishEnglishbutnotinAmericanEnglish.Americanspronounceditasdark/l/a