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摘要英语是人们工作,生活中必不可少的一门语言艺术。由于英语目前主要被区分为英国英语和美国英语两种,因而这两种语言的在不同类型上的对比,也被人们越来越强调和划分出更加清晰的界定。英国虽然是英语的发源地，但是随着英国对美国的领土占领，英语也在美国这个美洲土地上被孕育，而且被演化，深入。因此，随着著一百多年来的演变，美国英语已经完全行程了具有自己本国特色的一种独立的英语模式，与英国英语完全形成了差异。本文就从历史起源和语言两方面来逐一分析英国英语和美国英语之间的差异，目的在于帮助学习者了解更多有关英国英语和美国英语的差异所在，从而激发学习者的好奇心和创造力; 希望它能够培养学习者的探索创新精神，更加喜欢英语学习。40811
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毕业论文关键词：英式英语；美式英语；差异
Abstract English is one of the essential languages to the people. Now it is manly pided into British English and American English. Therefore, this language of two different types of contract has been increasingly emphasized and it carved out more clearly compass. Although Britain is the birthplace of English, with the British occupying the United States, English has been bred in this land, and it also been evolved significantly. After a hundred years of evolution, American English has a full itinerary by its own national characteristics, and becomes an independent English model, it is completely different from British English. This paper analyzes British English and American English from the parts of the growth and languages, in order to help learners to know more differences between these two native languages, and arouse their curiosity and creativity. Therefore it will make more and more people enjoy the learning of English.
Key words: British English; American English; differences
Differences Between BE and AE in Their Growth and Linguistic Features
Contents
摘 要..Ⅰ
AbstractⅡ
I. Introduction.1
II. Historical Background of English.2
2.1 The Definition of British English2
2.2 The Definition of American English..2
2.3 Review of The Development of English..2
III. Differences Between BE and AE in Growth.5
3.1 Social Life5
3.2 The National Historic.6
3.3 Regional Culture..7
3.4 The Social and Economic.7
IV. Differences Between BE and AE in Linguistic Features8
4.1 Spelling..8
4.2 Pronunciation..9
4.3 Vocabulary..11
4.4 Grammar..12
V. Conclusion.14
Bibliography..15
Acknowledgements..16
I. Introduction
English is the official language and common language in both America and England, and it’s also the widely communicative language in the world. The English language was first introduced to the America by British colonization, beginning in the late 16th century. So, there are two major regional variants, British English and American English. The differences between American English and British English once caused George Bernard Shaw said that the United States and Britain are “two countries pided by a common language”. Coincidentally, the famous British writer Oscar Wilde also mockingly wrote: "it can be said, now we and the United States is exactly the same in various aspects in addition to the language." What will happen to them in future? This problem has been widely concerned about English Linguistics and English education.
For a long time, the British people despise other varieties of English, they think the British English is the authentic English. But after the first World War, the United States national strength increased a lot, American English has become British English’s competitor. Especially after the Second World War, the rapid development of the mass media, American English produced a significant impact to British English, especially the influence about American’s pronunciation and vocabulary in British English has increased. In fact, in the development of the modern English, American English and British English are highly interrelated and mutually reinforcing.