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1、DifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishAbstract:Iwanttoexplainthedifferencesinthefollowingaspects:pronunciation,spelling,meaning,vocabularyandusage.Iwillcomparethesetwolanguagesintheoryandusesomeexamples.Ithinkwecanlearnmorethroughthiskindofresearch.Keywords:diffe
2、rences,AmericanEnglish,BritishEnglish,pronunciation,spelling,meaning,use.Englishisoneofthemostimportantlanguagesintheworld.Itisimportantbecauseofitsworldwideuse.LargenumbersofpeopleintheworldspeakandwriteEnglishasaforeignlanguageforthepurposeofscience,technology,andinternati
3、onalcommunication.ItisapparentlythatEnglishisthemoststudiedandusedlanguageintheworld.Englishisunmistakablyonelanguagebutcanbegroupedintotwomajorvarieties,BritishandAmericanEnglishwhichhavetheirowncharacter.GrammaticaldifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharefew.W
4、hatIwanttoexplaininmythesisismainlyaboutlexical.Iwanttoexplainthedifferencesinthefollowingaspects:pronunciation,spelling,meaning,vocabularyandusage.Iwillcomparethesetwolanguagesintheoryandusesomeexamples.Ithinkwecanlearnmorethroughthiskindofresearch.ⅠDifferencesinPronunciati
5、on：⒈differencesinindividualsounds：⑴Americansretaintherattheendofthewordscar,etc.,orbeforeconsonantsasinhard,etc.;inBritishEnglishtherisnotpronounced,asinteacher[＇ti:tʃə].BrEstar[sta:]car[ka:]AmEstar[stʌr]car[stʌr]⑵Intermsoftheconsonant,themostobvioussystematicdifferenceisthe
6、8pronunciationof/r/behindvowelsinAmericanEnglish.ButthispronunciationdonotexistinBritishEnglish.Herearesomeexamples:AmEBrEdoor/dɔ:r//dɔ:/father/`fa:ðər//`fa:ðə/pleasure/`pleʒər//`pleʒə/⑶Theotherimportantsystematicisthepronunciationof/t/betweentwovowels.Itpronouncedas/t/inBri
7、tishEnglishbutpronouncedas/d/inAmericanEnglish.e.g.:butterbettermatterfatter⑷Americansprefertouseflatasimilarto/æ/,inwordspath,grass,answer,etc.againstthebroadacurrentlyusedbyEnglishmen.⑸Thethirdobvioussystematicdifferenceisrelatedto/l/.Thereisdifferencebetweenclear/l/anddar
8、k/l/inBritishEnglishbutnotinAmericanEnglish.Americanspronounceditasdark/l/a
