The-difference-between-American-English-and-Britis

ThedifferencebetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish摘要：英国和美国虽然说同一种语言--英语，但却是两个完全不同的国家。由于各种原因造成了两国在使用英语时在很多地方有很大的差异。本文从读音，拼写，用词以及语法这四个方面对英式英语和美式英语的不同进行了阐述。作为教师应该清楚的知道这些不同点以便在教学中给予学生充分的帮助。关键词：英式英语美式英语读音差异，拼写差异，用词差异语法差异DavidBartonhadsaidthatwespeakEnglishintheUK.SodoyouintheUS.ButyetwedonotspeakthesamelanguageMostofNon-NativeEnglishspeakerswhothinkAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharethesamelanguagecompletely.HereisanexampletoshowthattherearesomedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishanAmericanvisitingEnglishwalkedintoahotellobbyandpushedabuttonforelevatorserviceTheliftwillbedownpresentlysaidanearbyclerk.thelift?saidtheAmericanoh,youmeantheelevatorno,Imeanthelift,repliedtheEnglishmanannoyedbytheAmerican＇sarroganceIthinkIshouldknowwhatitiscalledsaidtheAmerican.Afterall,elevatorswereinventedintheunitedstatesperhapsretortedtheEnglishmanbutthelanguagewasinventedherefromthishumorpeoplecouldknowAmericanEnglishdepartedfromBritishEnglishitisoneofbranchesofBritishEnglishorjustassomelinguistssaidAmericanEnglishisatransplantedlanguagefromBritaintoAmericanthoughthemainpartsofthetwokindsoflanguagearethesameAmericanEnglishownsitstypicalcharacter,withtheinfluenceofitsstrangehistoryculturenationsareaandmanyfactsduringthedevelopingperiodmarktwainhadsaidEnglishandAmericanareseparatelanguage……whenIspeakmynativetongueinitsutmostpurityanEnglishmancannotunderstandmeatallthedifferencesbetweenthemreflectsinwords,pronunciationsandspellingsⅠ.ThedifferencesinwordsFirstwhenpeopleexpressthesamesubjecttheywillusedifferenceswordssecondlytherearedifferentmeaningsaboutthesamewordsinBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishsometimesthesamewordsaredifferentintheusagethedifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishmanytinyplacesineducation,BritishpeoplecalledpublicschoolwhileinAmericantheycalledprepschoolwhichalwaysreferstothoseschoolsaffordbyprivatelymostofthestudentsarerichinAmerican,thepublicschoolaffordedbygovernment,theyweregovernedbyeducationcommitteeofcountycouncilthesepublicschoolsinBritainjustascouncilschoolheregivesexamples.WordEnglishAmerican公寓flatapartment电梯liftelevator高速公路motorwayparkway地铁tubeundergroundsubwayⅡ.ThedifferencesinpronunciationThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishrepresentedonthesoundsofthevowellettersaoandtheconsonantletterr1.Amongthesewordsaskcan＇sdancefastBritishpeoplepronouncethelettera[a:],Americanpeoplepronounce[].soallthesewordsarepronouncedinto[sk][knt][dns][fst]inAmerican2.Britishpeoplepronouncethelettero[],Americanpeoplereadonearly[]sothewordsbox,crop,hot,ironic,spotpronouncedas[bks][krp][ht][i＇rnik]and[spt]inAmerican3.consonantletterrkeepssilentornotistheobviousdifferenceinBritishEnglishthesyllableissilentwhileinAmericanEnglishthesyllablepronouncede.g.wordBritishAmericancar[ka:][kar]door[d:][dr]party[＇pa:ti][＇parti]onlyinthisconditiontheaheadwordendswithaconsonantthesecondwordbeginswithvowel,theletterrpronounce[r]suchasfarawayforever[fa:r＇wei][f＇rev]4.wordswithmorethantwosyllablesendwith-aryor-oryBritishpeopleusuallyweakenaoro,whileAmericanpeoplestressonthesyllableofaoro,sotherearedifferencesnotonlyinpronunciationbutalsoinrhythm.e.g.wordsBritishAmericandictionary[＇diknri][＇dik.neri]laboratory[/＇b:rtri][＇/br.tri]5.thewordsendwith-ileBritishpeoplereadtheletterIas[ai],whileAmericanreadas[]e.g.wordsBritishAmericandocile[＇dusai|][＇ds|]fertile[＇f:tail][＇frt?|]6.otherkindsofwordswordsBritishAmericanclerk[k|a:k][Krk]either[＇ai][＇i:r]issue[＇isju:I][＇iu:]Ⅲ.differenceinspellingAmericanpeoplepayattentiontothepracticaltheirattitudeofpragmatisminfluencethespellingofthewordsDuringthedevelopmentofAmericanEnglishthesimplifiedspellingmovementoccurred1.thefinalsilentletterssuchas-me-urinBritishEnglisharecutoffbyAmericane.g.BritishAmericankilogrammekilogramprogrammeprogram2.thesilentletteruinwordsendswith-ourisdeletedinAmericanEnglishe.g.BritishAmericanbehaviourbehaviorcolourcolor3.thewordsendwith-rewerechangedinto-erinAmericanEnglish,sound[?]remaine.g.BritishAmericancentrecentermetremeter4.somewordsinBritishEnglishendwith-encewhileinAmericanEnglishchangeinto-ensee.g.BritishAmericandefencedefenseoffenceoffense5.someverbsinBritishEnglishendwith-isespellas-izeinAmericanEnglishe.g.BritishAmericancriticize/organizecriticize/organize6.somewordshavedouble/whileinAmericanEnglishthereisonlyonele.g.BritishAmericanjewelerjewellertravellingtraveling7.somewordsinBritishEnglishendwith-xiontheyareformedas-ctioninAmericanEnglishe.g.BritishAmericaninflexion/reflexioninfection/reflectionⅣ.differenceingrammar1.InBritishEnglishthepresentperfecttenseisusedtoexpressanactionthathasoccurredintherecentpastthathasaneffectonthepresentmoment.Forexample:I've(Ihave)lostmykey.Canyouhelpmelookforit?InAmericanEnglishthefollowingisalsopossible:Ilostmykey.Canyouhelpmelookforit?OtherdifferencesinvolvingtheuseofthepresentperfectinBritishEnglishandsimplepastinAmericanEnglishincludealready,justandyet.BritishEnglish:I'vealreadyseenthatfilm.Haveyoufinishedyourhomeworkyet?AmericanEnglish:IalreadysawthatfilmorI'vealreadyseenthatfilm.Didyoufinishyourh