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1、DifferencesofAmericanandBritishEnglish1.IntroductionAmericanEnglishistheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedStates.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.BritishEnglishistheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedKingdom.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithintheUnitedKingdom.
2、WhiletherearecertainlymanymorevarietiesofEnglish,AmericanandBritishEnglisharethetwovarietiesthataretaughtinmostESL/EFLprograms.AstheNon-NativeEnglishspeakers,mostoftheEnglishlearnersinChinathinkthatthelanguageusedbyBritishandAmericanEnglisharethesameone-English,andtherearenodiffe
3、rencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Infact,therearemanyunquestioneddiscrepanciesbetweentheytwo.Thispaperwillpayattentiononthesectionofphonology,morphologyandsyntaxthatwillbescopedatthepronunciation,grammar,vocabularyandspellingbetweenthetwoEnglishofBritishandAmerican.Wewilltak
4、ealookatthedifferencesandtrytodelivermessagewhetheritcouldhelporhinderthelearningofEnglishlanguage.2.toricalBackgroundBasically,BritishEnglishistheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedKingdom.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithintheUnitedKingdom.AmericanEnglishhasthesameformofEnglishusag
5、easBritishandalldialectsusedwithintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Ashistory,thefirstEnglishwasfirstintroducedtoAmericasbyBritishColonization,beginningintheearly17thcentury.Bythehistoryoverview,Britainwasagreatcountrythathadenoughpowertomovetheirimperialismonothercountries.Americaitselfw
6、asacolonizedof第16頁(yè)共16頁(yè)BritishandalltheperiodBritishhadplaytheirroleofcolonizationtospreadawaytheirlanguage.Andnow,AmericaisusingEnglishasaresultofBritishtrade,communicationandcolonization.ThespreadingofthelanguagemadeUnitedStatesuseditaswellbuttherearedifferencesoftheusageofthela
7、nguageandfinallyleadingtoanewdialectsandaccent.Consequently,therearetwosupremelylanguageoftheworldthatrenownandusedallovertheworld.ItisAmericanlanguageandBritishlanguage(StandardEnglish).Now,thedifferencesofthetwolanguagesincludepronunciation,grammar,vocabulary(lexis),spelling,pu
8、nctuation,idioms,formattingofdates,andnu