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1、TheInfluenceOfIndividualismOnAmericanEnglishAbstract:Asweallknow,individualismisoneofthemostimportantnationaltraitsinAmerica.MyoriginalpurposetocompilethispaperistoanalysetheintimateconnectionbetweenAmericanEnglishandAmericanculture.Inordertoreachthispurpose,thispaperwill
2、focusontheinfluenceofindividualismonAmericanEnglish.Keywords:individualism;Americanculture;AmericanEnglish5论个体主义价值对美国英语的影响内容摘要:众所周知,个体主义在美国是一个最重要的民族特征,我写这篇文章的原旨是分析美国英语与美国文化之间的密切联系和相互作用,为了达到这个目的,这篇文章将着重讨论个体主义价值在美国文化中的具体表现以及它在美国英语中的反映关键词:个体主义;美国文化;美国英语5“Individualism”isaspe
3、cialtermcreatedbyAloxisdeTocgueville(1805-1859),aFrenchhistorianandpclitician.Itpainstakinglyhighlightsapcliticalandsocialphilosophythatemphasizeindividualisticfreedomandnone-restraint,includingself-advantage,Individualismandcollectivismarethetnoculturalsystemsandtherefro
4、masharpcontrastbetweenthem.TodiscussAmericanculture,itisinevitabletotalkaboutindividualisticValuebecauseIndividualismisprevailinginAmericanscciety.IndividualismisaparticularculturephouomenonwhichhascomeintobeingforalongtimeinAmericanhistory.Therearemanyformsofindividualis
5、minAmericanculture.Firstofall,amongtheseformstheself-benefithasgotthemostimportantposition.Inaddition,Individualismincludes:self-interest,self-heroicandliberalism.Insomeextremecases,Individualismcanevenbeenembodiedbynon-governmentalism.TakingtheseformsofIndividualismintoc
6、orsideration,itisobviouslythatIndividualismisinferiortocollectivism.Butcompocredwithfeudualisticsystemwhichtendtorestrainpersonalideaandpersonaldevelopment,itisanadvancement.InsomeextentIndividualismhasfueledthedevelopmentofproductivityduringtheAmericanhistorialcourseofpr
7、oductivityimprovement.Asweallknow,languageandcultureinfluenceseachother.NowwearegoingtotalkaboutthecloserelationshipbetweenAmericancultureandAmericanEnglish.Inordertoreachthisultimateaim,wearegoingtofocusontheconcentratedexpressionofidividualisminAmericancultureandtheinfl
8、uenceofidividualismonAmericanEnglish.Americanshaveastrongconsciousnessofself-strugglingandcompet