英美语言文化差异Britisha

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英美语言文化差异

British andAmericanLanguage and Cultural Differences

British and American Language and Cultural Differences

Abstract—Language and culture are interdependent,

language to bring culture, while subject to the impact of cultural

background. English as one of the world language by the world's

attention, so studying and learning the differences and the

development of British and American English has far-

reachingSignificance.

Keywords—British language; American language; British

culture; American culture; difference

English is the most widely used in today's world, an

international language. Language is mankind's most important

communication tool, due to the different countries and social,

cultural and geographical environment, the language to produce

a variation in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar—different

variants of the same language. To understand the English culture

knowledge can help unblocked communication. Instead, lack of

understanding of English cultural background knowledge will

inevitably to lead communication barriers, conflict and

misunderstanding.

differencesreflection of national identityinthelanguage

1. In grammar, Englishinformal, American Englishsimple

Americans like simple and fastastheirpace of life, so

inthelanguageofmodernAmerican

and ce

in

structure

large

Englishforthelong-

as simple as

establishedrules of grammar, if there isneed they willbold reform

possibleandthechoice of wordstoavoid complicated,andthenoun

attributeappeared itions,

articles,conjunctionsbe

comprehensive.

omittedand many other

phenomenamakeAmericaSyntacticmorecompact, concise and

2. On vocabulary, English adhere to the original, the

American Englishinnovativeness

British than the United States has a long history, so British

people like to use identity or status of the word, and there was

no in American English. Such as king, queen, prince, duke, knight

etc.

The differencesinBritish and Americannational identitybut

also inother aspectsofBritish and American Englishvocabulary:

(1)American English spellingcloser topronunciation rules,as:

Britain:centre, theatre, modernise, realise

America: center, theater, modernize, realize

(2)American English omitsthelettersin Englishspellingrepeat,

as:

Britain: programme, travell

America: program, travel

(3)American English is omittedsilentletters, as:

Britain:axe, storey

America: ax, story

(4)American English hasborroweda lot offoreign words, to

create newwords, andenriched theAmerican

United States is acountry composed

ofimmigrantsfromvarious countries(the United Statesis also

known asamelting-pot), thedifferent ethnic groupsofdifferent

countrieswithpeaceful coexistence and common development. It

isfullydemonstratedinclusiveness

languagevocabulary(loanwords),

andopennessoftheAmerican

sotheseforeignwordshave

character. In language, to absorb a lot ofdifferentnational

greatly enriched thevocabularyofAmerican Englishlanguage.

ional

Englishoutward

American is extroverted, sothey are verygood

atexpressingtheirfeelings, oftenhaveexaggerated verbal. But

British isintroverted andshy,in express the sameemotions and

same experience, choice of words a sentencefar less

example, when thefaceofa

verybeautifulyounggirl, theAmericanscannot help butsay: “a

priceless jewel”“divine” or “precious”; However, the

Britishwill be veryplainto say:“Um, she is all right”.

differences of British-American linguisticintheeveryday

language

AlthoughBritish and AmericanarespeakingEnglish, American

English and BritishEnglishis notthe same. And

thedifferencesofthetwo Englishis still very large, as everyone

knows,Englishpronunciation andAmerican pronunciation is

difference. BritishEnglish, relatively speaking, pronunciationmore

clearlylesstonalpart, the general soundis relativelyclear

pronunciation; But Americans speak English,andinsisted that if

can beomittedto omitted,thetoneis continuous those

persons who Englishas a second language, listen

tothepronunciationoftheBritishcompared tothe Americanwill

bemuch more comfortable.

reasonofthedifferences of British-Americancultural

ent geographical

Both in different geographical position,oneisthe continental

Europe, one is theAmericacontinental.

beenvery

Britishlong-

wealthy.

cametoacomplete

termdevelopmenthas

expression, English plain, American

Thebeginningthefirstbatchofimmigrants

strangeron the mainland, known as thepioneer, so theyneed take

risks. If there is nospirit of adventure, theywill not be

abletosurvive,

them influence.

differences of human environment

England is a country witha longhistorical heritageof

thetraditional Europeancountries. It has along-term

ore, theBritish

people likenostalgia, conservativeandgentle. These aspects

needthe history ofsedimentationand accumulation, if do not

have the sediment of historyand accumulationis not possible to

achieve. However, the United Statesis preciselyaveryyoung

ore, theAmericanshaveto

values. On the

be

other

creative

hand, andemphasisonindividual

what they want.

English as a kind of the main position cannot

be ignored, sofor us,it is importance to learn Englishlanguage

production,

differences,

development

in particular,

andBritish-Americancultural

and it ismorefar-

let alone development. Inaddition, the

wholeofEuropean culture andAmericanculture differencesbring

therenothavealotofbondage,theycan bold and innovative to do

reachingsignificanceforChinatowards the world.

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