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1、（20「届）本科毕业设计英语英美英语的词汇差异1IntroductionInmodemtimes,Englishhasbecomeoneofthemostpopulargloballanguagesintheworldasthemaincommunicativetool-ManycountriesevenconsiderEnglishastheofficiallanguage.Languageaspartofthecultureisthefullrefractionandreflectionsofcultures.Onecanjusti
2、fythenationalcolorfulcultureformthroughanation'slanguagelevel.EvertheBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishwerehomologousandbelongedtothesamesystem,butthevariationofthegeography,culture,politics,andeconomyhavemadethemcausemanydifferencesforaround400years-Theydeveloprespectivel
3、yindifferentdirections.Therefore,thereappeargreatdifferencesinvocabulary,intonation,acceptation,semanticsandpronunciationaspects.ThepronunciationofBritishEnglishissomewhatmoreartificialthanthatoftheAmericanEnglish.Inaddition,AmericanandBritishEnglishmayusedifferentwordst
4、oexpressthesamething.Forinstance,ifyouwanttouseawordtorefertotheplaceneartheroadonlyforpeoplewalking,youcouldusepavementinBritishEnglishorsidewalkinAmericanEnglish.Moreover,themeaningorspellingofsomewordsarealsodifferentintheabove-mentionedtwoEnglishforms,suchas"colour",
5、whichisthestandardspellinginBritishwhile"color”isthewell-acceptedspellinginAmericanEnglish.Ofcourse,therestillexistmanyslightdifferences,butit'sneedlesstolistthemonebyone.Inanutshell,therearemanydifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish・Nonetheless,thefuturetend
6、encyislikelytobethecombinationofthesetwoforms.1TheDifferencesandSamenessofCulturesTheanthropologistEdwardTaylor(1811)firstputforwardthedefinitionofcultureasascholar.HecameupwiththisideainhisworkscalledthePrimitiveCulturespublishedin1871.Heputforwardthattheso-calledcultur
7、eandcivilizationisakindofunitythatknowledge,belief,art,morality,customsandlawsareallincluded.Atthesametime,apersonofacommunitymemberwithanyotherabilitiesalsobelongstothisunity.Inhisworks,hestressedthatthecultureofthespiritandtheideologicalfeelinginthisfield.Thesinglebigg
8、estdifferenceisthatBritainisaveryoldcountry,whereastheUSisaverynewcountry.Americansareprobablymoreforwa
