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1、DifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishAbstract:Iwanttoexplainthedifferencesinthefollowingaspects:pronunciation,spelling,meaning,vocabularyandusage.Iwillcomparethesetwolanguagesintheoryandusesomeexamples.Ithinkwecanlearnmorethroughthiskindofresearch.Ke
2、ywords:differences,AmericanEnglish,BritishEnglish,pronunciation,spelling,meaning,use.Englishisoneofthemostimportantlanguagesintheworld.Itisimportantbecauseofitsworldwideuse.LargenumbersofpeopleintheworldspeakandwriteEnglishasaforeignlanguageforthepurposeofscience
3、,technology,andinternationalcommunication.ItisapparentlythatEnglishisthemoststudiedandusedlanguageintheworld.Englishisunmistakablyonelanguagebutcanbegroupedintotwomajorvarieties,BritishandAmericanEnglishwhichhavetheirowncharacter.GrammaticaldifferencesbetweenBrit
4、ishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharefew.WhatIwanttoexplaininmythesisismainlyaboutlexical.Iwanttoexplainthedifferencesinthefollowingaspects:pronunciation,spelling,meaning,vocabularyandusage.Iwillcomparethesetwolanguagesintheoryandusesomeexamples.Ithinkwecanlearnmorethr
5、oughthiskindofresearch.ⅠDifferencesinPronunciation：⒈differencesinindividualsounds：⑴Americansretaintherattheendofthewordscar,etc.,orbeforeconsonantsasinhard,etc.;inBritishEnglishtherisnotpronounced,asinteacher[＇ti:tʃə].BrEstar[sta:]car[ka:]AmEstar[stʌr]car[stʌr]⑵I
6、ntermsoftheconsonant,themostobvioussystematicdifferenceisthe7pronunciationof/r/behindvowelsinAmericanEnglish.ButthispronunciationdonotexistinBritishEnglish.Herearesomeexamples:AmEBrEdoor/dɔ:r//dɔ:/father/`fa:ðər//`fa:ðə/pleasure/`pleʒər//`pleʒə/⑶Theotherimportant
7、systematicisthepronunciationof/t/betweentwovowels.Itpronouncedas/t/inBritishEnglishbutpronouncedas/d/inAmericanEnglish.e.g.:butterbettermatterfatter⑷Americansprefertouseflatasimilarto/æ/,inwordspath,grass,answer,etc.againstthebroadacurrentlyusedbyEnglishmen.⑸Thet
8、hirdobvioussystematicdifferenceisrelatedto/l/.Thereisdifferencebetweenclear/l/anddark/l/inBritishEnglishbutnotinAmericanEnglish.Americanspronounceditasdark/l/a
