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1、BritishandAmericanLanguageandCulturalDifferencesBritishandAmericanLanguageandCulturalDifferencesAbstract—Languageandcultureareinterdependent,languagetobringculture,whilesubjecttotheimpactofculturalbackground.Englishasoneoftheworldlanguagebytheworld'sattention,sostudyingandlearningthedifferencesan
2、dthedevelopmentofBritishandAmericanEnglishhasfar-reachingSignificance.Keywords—Britishlanguage;Americanlanguage;Britishculture;Americanculture;differenceEnglishisthemostwidelyusedintoday'sworld,aninternationallanguage.?Languageismankind'smostimportantcommunicationtool,duetothedifferentcountriesan
3、dsocial,culturalandgeographicalenvironment,thelanguagetoproduceavariationinpronunciation,vocabularyandgrammar—differentvariantsofthesamelanguage.?TounderstandtheEnglishcultureknowledgecanhelpunblockedcommunication.Instead,lackofunderstandingofEnglishculturalbackgroundknowledgewillinevitablytolead
4、communicationbarriers,conflictandmisunderstanding.I.Thedifferencesreflectionofnationalidentityinthelanguage1.Ingrammar,Englishinformal,AmericanEnglishsimpleAmericanslikesimpleandfastastheirpaceoflife,sointhelanguageofmodernAmericanEnglishforthelong-establishedrulesofgrammar,ifthereisneedtheywillb
5、oldreformandinnovation.Sentencestructureassimpleaspossibleandthechoiceofwordstoavoidcomplicated,andthenounattributeappearedinlargenumbers.Prepositions,articles,conjunctionsbeomittedandmanyotherphenomenamakeAmericaSyntacticmorecompact,conciseandcomprehensive.2.Onvocabulary,Englishadheretotheorigin
6、al,theAmericanEnglishinnovativenessBritishthantheUnitedStateshasalonghistory,soBritishpeopleliketouseidentityorstatusoftheword,andtherewasnoinAmericanEnglish.Suchasking,queen,prince,duke,knightetc.ThedifferencesinBritishandAmericannationalidentitybutalsoinotheraspectsofBritishandAmericanEnglishvo
7、cabulary:(1)AmericanEnglishspellingclosertopronunciationrules,as:Britain:centre,theatre,modernise,realiseAmerica:center,theater,modernize,realize(2)AmericanEnglishomitsthelettersinEnglishspellingrepeat,as:Britain:progr