英语词汇学chapter11 American English
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An Overview of American English
We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of course, language.
---Oscar Wilde, 19th century writer
– The independence led to the emergence a sense of nationality. In the field of language, this patriotic feeling was manifested by the argument for the recognition of the American variety or standard of English.
– By 1732 the original thirteen English colonies had been set up. The language the early immigrants brought with them was Elizabethan English, the language spoken by Shakespeare, Milton and Bunyan, which belonged to the early stage of Modern English.
With a century British and American English speakers will not be able to understand each other.
---Henry Sweet, 19th century linguist
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America and England are two countries divided by a common language.
– Early settlers had no verbal contact with their country of origin.
– Settlers were from many different countries, for example, Spain, Holland, and Germany.
--George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer
It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.
--Dave Sperling, founder of Dave’s ESL Cafe
Chapter XI
AMERICAN ENGLISH
• The Growth of American English • Characteristics of American English • Differences between British English and
American English
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• After independence
– Following American independence, famous persons like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Noah Webster begin to consider that the country should have a language of its own.
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• Some experts estimate that about 4,000 words in common use in British English have a different meaning or are used differently in American English. Some reasons for this are as follows:
• Two major varieties of English
– British English (BrE) and American English(AmE) – These two varieties differ in certain details, but there is no
essential difference between them because of the similarities of the basic word stock, the basic grammar and the basic phonetic system. English is unmistakable one language, with two major national dialects.
– With the industrial revolution, many new terms were needed. As the terms were not much in print to begin with, the engineers and designers in the two countries coined their own terms without reference to each other
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Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
• Colonial America
– The establishment in 1607 of the settlement which the explorers called Jamestown marked the beginning of British colonization in America.
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Growth of American English
• English as an international language has a number of varieties.
– British English – American English – Australian English – Canadian English …
An Overview of American English
We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of course, language.
---Oscar Wilde, 19th century writer
– The independence led to the emergence a sense of nationality. In the field of language, this patriotic feeling was manifested by the argument for the recognition of the American variety or standard of English.
– By 1732 the original thirteen English colonies had been set up. The language the early immigrants brought with them was Elizabethan English, the language spoken by Shakespeare, Milton and Bunyan, which belonged to the early stage of Modern English.
With a century British and American English speakers will not be able to understand each other.
---Henry Sweet, 19th century linguist
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America and England are two countries divided by a common language.
– Early settlers had no verbal contact with their country of origin.
– Settlers were from many different countries, for example, Spain, Holland, and Germany.
--George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer
It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.
--Dave Sperling, founder of Dave’s ESL Cafe
Chapter XI
AMERICAN ENGLISH
• The Growth of American English • Characteristics of American English • Differences between British English and
American English
7
• After independence
– Following American independence, famous persons like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Noah Webster begin to consider that the country should have a language of its own.
4
• Some experts estimate that about 4,000 words in common use in British English have a different meaning or are used differently in American English. Some reasons for this are as follows:
• Two major varieties of English
– British English (BrE) and American English(AmE) – These two varieties differ in certain details, but there is no
essential difference between them because of the similarities of the basic word stock, the basic grammar and the basic phonetic system. English is unmistakable one language, with two major national dialects.
– With the industrial revolution, many new terms were needed. As the terms were not much in print to begin with, the engineers and designers in the two countries coined their own terms without reference to each other
6
Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
• Colonial America
– The establishment in 1607 of the settlement which the explorers called Jamestown marked the beginning of British colonization in America.
5
Growth of American English
• English as an international language has a number of varieties.
– British English – American English – Australian English – Canadian English …