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1、OnBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish【关键词】 英国英语 美国英语 不同 发展趋势 融合Englishisoneofthewidestusedlanguages,andinfluencestheworldsomuch.Becauseofelements,astheareas,histories,cultures,customs,whichcausethedifferencesinpronunciation,vocabulary,grammarandspelling,today’sEnglishhasbeendividedinto
2、differentkindsofEnglish (CanadianEnglish,AustralianEnglish,NewZealandEnglish,SouthAfricanEnglishandsoon).BritishandAmericanEnglishtodayarethetwomainEnglishlanguagesoftheEnglish-speakingworld.Withthedevelopmentofthesocietyandeconomy,Englishbecomesmoreandmoreimportantforinternationalcommu
3、nication.KnowingthedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishisgoodforEnglishteaching,learningandusing.AndknowingtheEnglish’stendencyoffuturedevelopmentisalsogoodforeveryEnglishlearner.1.TheinfluenceandthedevelopmentofEnglish.1.1TheinfluenceofEnglish.Englishisaninternationallanguage.Th
4、emorethesocietydevelops,themorecommunicationswillbeindifferentcountries.Maybeapersoncouldn’tsayalotofdifferentlanguages,soifhe/shewantstocommunicatewithforeigners,he/sheshouldknowalanguageincommonuse.WiththesituationandEnglish’sownparticularity,Englishbecomesaninternationallanguagegradu
5、ally.Englishissoimportant,thatabout1.5billionoftheworld’ssixbillionpeoplespeakitasasecondlanguagecomparedtothe400millionnativespeakers.Englishisfastbecomingthelanguageofsciencearoundtheworld,andasadailylanguage,Englishwillcontinuetoremainwidespreadandimportant.OneexpertontheEnglishlangu
6、age,DavidCrystaloftheUniversityofWales,theauthoroftheCambridgeEncyclopediaoftheEnglishLanguage,says: “nobodyquiteknowswhat’sgoingtohappenbecausenolanguagehasbeeninthispositionbefore.ButalltheevidencesuggeststhattheEnglishlanguagesnowballisrollingdownahillandisgettingfasterandfasterandac
7、cretingnewforeignlanguageusersunlikeanylanguagehaseverdownbefore. ”Andtoday,moreandmorepeopleuseEnglishtocommunicate,tostudy,toread,toworkandsoon.Englishisbecomingmoreimportantinourdailylives.1.2ThedevelopmentofEnglish.Englishhasmorethan1500years’history.Atabout500yearsB.C.,the
