AmericanEnglish美式英语简化.pptx

American English;The variety of English spoken in the USA is called American English. American English and British English, the two main varieties of English, have essentially the same grammar system, phonetic system and vocabulary, they can’t be regarded as different languages. They are two equitable variants of the English national language having different accepted literary standards, one spoken in the USA and the other spoken on the British Isles. ;Before Independence From Independence to the Early Nineteenth Century From the early 19th century to the present time;;American English has also preserved a number of old features in pronunciation and grammar. Thus archaism or conservativeness is often regarded as another characteristic of American English. A typical example is I guess. Druggist\chemist; railroad\railway; Jeans, load ;;In the early stage of Modern English, differences can be found between American and British English in pronunciation, spelling, grammar and vocabulary. But the concept of difference must not be taken too far, as the basic word stock, grammar and phonetic system of both variants are essentially the same, and the similarities are more than the differences between them. ;Differences in vowels: BrE AmE [a:] [?] fast [fa:st] [f?st] [e] [i:] premier [premj?] [pri:mi?] Differences in diphthongs: BrE AmE [?r] [r] hero [′hi?rou] [′hi:rou] [Λr] [?:r] hurry [′hΛri] [′h?:ri]; Differences in consonants On the whole, the American consonant system is the same as that of British English with the following exceptions: 1. BrE leaves out the letter ‘r’ before consonants while General Ameri