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1、TheDifferencesBetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishContentsAbstractBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharethetwomajorvarietiesofEnglishintheworldatpresent.Theyarebelongtothesamelanguage--English,thereisthere'recommongroundbetweenthem. Duetotheydevelopedindependentlywitht
2、hedifferenthistoricalbackgrounds,geographyandculture.Ofcourse,therearealsomanydifferencesbetweenthem.AstheEnglishlearners,itisnecessaryforustogetsomewhatacquaintedwiththedifferencesbetweenthemtohelpourstudyandkeepusfromunnecessarytroubles.Becausesomeonewhodon'tknowBrit
3、ishandAmericanEnglishclearly,haveaprejudiceaboutBritishandAmericanEnglish,likethat"whichisbetter?"Thisthesismakesananalysisandcomparisonof BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishintermsofhistory,pronunciation,spelling,vocabularyandgrammar,hopingtohelpyoucompletelyandobjective
4、lyknowthedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Keywords: Englishviariety historicalbackground differences 摘要：英式英语和美式英语是当今世界两种最为主要的英语变体，它们隶属同一种语言——英语，两者间有着必然的联系。由于它们各自成长于不同的历史背景和地域文化，两者之间也存在许多差异。作为英语学习者，我们应该清楚他们之间的区别，以便在使用的过程中避免一些不必要的错误。由于对英语与美语了解不全面，许多人对英语或美语
5、存有偏见，认为其中的某一种更优越。通过此文对英式英语和美式英语历史、读音、拼写、词汇以及语法几个方面的分析和比较，希望能够帮助大家全面客观地看待英式英语和美式英语的区别。关键词：英语变体 历史背景 区别 1.Introduction NowadaysEnglishisoneofthemostimportantlanguagesintheworldbecauseofitsworldwideuse.Undertheinfluenceofgeography,history,culturalandsocialcustomsindiffere
6、ntareas,untilrecently,Englishhasbeendividedintomanyvarieties:AustralianEnglish,NewZealandEnglish,ScottishEnglish,NorthernIrishEnglish,WelshEnglish, SouthAfricanEnglish,CanadianEnglish,andsoon.BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharethetwomainvarietiesofthem.AstheNon-NativeE
7、nglishspeakers,mostoftheEnglishlearnersinchinathinkthatthelanguageusedbyBritishandAmericanarethesameone-English,andtherearenodifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish. Infact,therearemanyunquestioneddiscrepanciesbetweentheytwo. 2.Background 2.1 TheEnglishLang
8、uage2.1.1TheoriginoftheEnglishLanguageTheearlyinhabitantsoftheislandwenowcallEnglandwereCelts(alsocalledBritons).In55
