Differences Between British English and American English 英语专业毕业论文 (2)

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1、DifferencesBetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishABSTRACTNowadaysEnglishhasbeendevelopingintoagloballanguage.Asamessagecarrier,EnglishfullyreflectstheuniqueculturespossessedbytheBritishandAmericancountries.ThispapermainlyfocusesonanalyzingthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishi

2、nsound,shapeandmeaningandanalysesthereasonsthatcausethesedifferences.Allinall,sinceEnglishischaracterizedbyitshugevocabulary,greattolerance,andconciseness,itleaveslittleroomforargumentthatEnglishwillbewellonitswaytobeadiversifiedcommonlanguage.Somesuggestionsarealsogiveninthepaper.[KeyWords]Br

3、itishEnglish;AmericanEnglish;Differences;Developmenttendency.摘要英语现在已经发展成一个在全球范围内使用最广泛的语言。英语作为英美文化信息的载体和表现形式，深深地烙上了英美独有的文化印记.本文着重分析英式英语和美式英语在音、形、意三个方面的差异及它们存在这些差异的原因。由于英语本身具有词汇量大、包容性大、表达简洁的特点，英语语言的发展趋势将向着共同语与多样化并存的方向发展。通过分析，作者也提出了一些建议。[关键词]英式英语；美式英语；差异；发展趋势Contents1Introduction12DifferencesBetw

4、eenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish22.1DifferencesinSound22.1.1Vowels22.1.2Consonants32.1.3Intonation.42.2DifferencesinShape42.3DifferencesinMeaning52.3.1SameWordswithDifferentMeanings:52.3.2SameIdeasorObjectsExpressedbyDifferentWords:53FactorsthatCauseTheseDifferencesBetweenBritishEnglishandA

5、mericanEnglish53.1PoliticalandEconomicDevelopment53.2SocialLife63.3NationalHistories63.3.1HistoryofAmericanEnglish63.3.2HistoryofBritishEnglish73.3.3TheDevelopmentofAmericanEnglishontheBasisofBritishEnglish83.4RegionalCultures83.5TheirRespectiveSpecificCulturalPhenomena94FutureDevelopmentTende

6、ncyofEnglish105Conclusion10References11Acknowledgement1212DifferencesBetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish1IntroductionForthe21stcenturytoday,theworldisbecomingsmallerandsmallerastothedevelopmentofhigh-tech.Theworldtransformedcountriesonebyoneintoaglobalvillagefromthenavigationcenturytothehi

7、ghspeedconveyanceatpresent.Inthishugevillage,therearemanypeoplewithdifferentcomplexion:differentagnateanddifferenttonguelived.Afterlengthyyears,Englishbecametheprimarylanguageinthisbigfamily.Andthedifferentiationappearedintheevolvemento