论个体主义价值对美国英语的影响.doc

The Influence Of Individualism On American English Abstract: As we all know, individualism is one of the most important national traits in America. My original purpose to compile this paper is to analyse the intimate connection between American English and American culture . In order to reach this purpose , this paper will focus on the influence of individualism on American English. Key words : individualism ； American culture； American English 论个体主义价值对美国英语的影响 内容摘要：众所周知,个体主义在美国是一个最重要的民族特征,我写这篇文章的原旨是分析美国英语与美国文化之间的密切联系和相互作用,为了达到这个目的,这篇文章将着重讨论个体主义价值在美国文化中的具体表现以及它在美国英语中的反映个体主义美国文化美国英语“Individualism” is a special term created by Aloxis de Tocgueville (1805-1859), a French historian and pclitician. It painstakingly highlights a pclitical and social philosophy that emphasize individualistic freedom and none-restraint, including self-advantage, Individualism and collectivism are the tnocultural systems and there from a sharp contrast between them. To discuss American culture, it is inevitable to talk about individualistic Value because Individualism is prevailing in American scciety. Individualism is a particular culture phouomenon which has come into being for a long time in American history . There are many forms of individualism in American culture .First of all , among these forms the self-benefit has got the most important position. In addition , Individualism includes: self-interest ,self-heroic and liberalism. In some extreme cases, Individualism can even been embodied by non-governmentalism . Taking these forms of Individualism into corsideration , it is obviously that Individualism is inferior to collectivism. But compocred with feudualistic system which tend to restrain personal idea and personal development, it is an advancement. In some extent Individualism has fueled the development of productivity during the American historial course of productivity improvement. As we all know, language and culture