英式英语与美式英语的区别 英文版.docx

Analysis of the Differences between American English andBritish EnglishZhou Fuhua周富华AcknowledgementsMy deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to my teacher Zhao Na, my supervisor, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form.Second, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the teachers in the School of International Studies of University of Science and Technology, Liaoning, who have instructed and helped me a lot in the past four years.Last, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and greatconfidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesisAbstract Britain and America bothare the most powerful countries in the world,not only in economy, but also in military and other aspects. These two countries have a lot of similarities in many aspects. Butthe most obvious difference is the using in language. Although they all speak English, there are still many differences between them. Nowadays, English has become the most widely used communicative languagein the world, and it has 400 billion speakers. Butonly British and American use it as their native languageand most of English users come from these two places. English was originally used by Britain, andwith the development of American continent in the 17th century, English is also widely used by American people. Moreover, combined their own society and living customs, culture and other characteristicswith the basis of British English, Americans innovated a new form ofEnglish which is called American English. So there are some unavoidable differences between American English and British English.Language is complex, inc