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1、AmericanEnglishandAmericanCultureLanguageandculturecanneverbeseparated,languagecouldnotexistifitseparateswithculture.TheBritainpeopleandAmericanpeoplebothusethelanguageofEnglish.However,AmericanEnglishisavarietyofBritishEnglish,Americanshavetheirowntraitsandcustomstousewordsandexpre
2、ssions.AmericanEnglishprovideuswithainterestingreflectionofAmericanculture.Actually,wecanfeelsomethingaboutAmericanculture,sinceAmericanEnglishreflectsAmericanculture,includingtheirviewofvalue,theircharactertraits,andsoon.1.AmericanEnglishmeltalotofloanwordsAmericaiscalled“ameltingp
3、ot”sincetwentiethcentury,itmeansthenationsaremeltedintoanewraceofmen.Inthefieldoflanguage，itcanbesaidthatAmericanEnglishisalinguisticmeltingpot.IthasprobablyadoptedandloanedmoreforeignwordsthanBritishEnglish.Foronething,newphysicalconditionsinanewnationcallfornewwords.Foranotherthin
4、g,AmericanswereincontactwithforeignlanguagemorethanBritainduringtheperiodofcolonizationandwholeimmigration.ThemigrationofEnglishtoNorthAmericaresultedintheadoptionofmanyloanwordsfromthevariousIndianlanguageofthecontinent,forexample:"persimmon"(美洲柿)，“tamarack”(美洲落葉松)，“raccoon”(浣熊)，“m
5、uskrat”(麝鼠).BesidesthevariousofIndianinfluences,AmericanEnglishreflectsthenon-Englishcultures.Inthewestwardexpansionoftheirterritory,theEnglish-speakingcolonistscameintocontactwithFrench,theDutchandSpanish.Theloanwordsare:"voyageur"(靠水路運(yùn)送貨物和人的船夫)，“portage”(搬運(yùn)工)，“pumpkin”(南瓜)，“bayou”
6、(長沼)—theseareFrenchwords."alfalfa"(苜蓿)，“taco”（一種墨西哥肉米餅），“enchilada”(以辣椒調(diào)味的一種墨西哥菜)—theseareSpanishwords."coleslaw"(拌上調(diào)味汁的冷拌菜)，“waffle”(華夫餅干)，“boss”(老板)—theseareDutchwords.TheGermanisalsoinfluenceAmericanEnglish,suchas:"hamburger"(漢堡包)，“noodle”(面條)，“hood-lum”(強(qiáng)盜)，“ecology”(生態(tài)學(xué))，“semes
7、ter”（學(xué)期）,"sauerkraut"(泡菜)，andmanyotherGermanwords.Inaddition,aswildlyvariedSwedish,ItalianandChinesehaveallmadesomecontributionstoAmericanEnglish.ThenationofAmericaiscalledthemeltingpot,alotofloanwordsappearinAmericanEnglish.Theseloanwordscanberegardedasamirrorofthecomplicatedconsti
8、tutionsofAmericanna
