Language Variety in England英语国家英语的多样性-研究.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 Language Variety in England英语国家英语的多样性研究 内容摘要：本文就英语国家的方言问题进行探讨，列举了英语方言的种类以及形成原因，并就标准英语的划分标准进行分析,以求能对英语语言学的研究有所帮助。 关键词：语言多样性 方言 口音 标准英语　 Outline 1.Introductin　 　 2.The reason for English dialect. 2.1. Pride and Interest 2.2.Regional features 3. Standard English and non Standard English 4. Conclusion 提纲 1.引言　 　 2.英语方言形成的原因 2.1.自豪感与兴趣 2.2.地理特征 3. 标准英语与非标准英语 4. 结语 1.Introductin　 　 Nowadays, English has become an international language which is spoken by about 265 millions of people in the world. In China, there are increasing numbers of English learners, many of them , I believe, are interested in the language variety besides the English grammar and vocabulary. In China, one thing that is important to us is where we are from , this is equally important to m any English people. For m any of them , whatever happens to them in later life, and how ever much they move house o r travel, the place where they grew up and spent their childhood retains a special significance. More often than in previous generations, families may move around the country, and there are increasing numbers of people w ho have had a nomadic childhood, and are not really from anywhere. 2.The reason for English dialect. 2.1. pride and interest But for a majority of English people, pride and interest in the area where they grew up is still a reality. For example, just like our Spring Festival time when most of the trains, buses and p lanes are filled with people going back to their hometown for family reunion, at Christmas time in England, the roads and railways are full of people returning to their native heath for the holiday period. Where they are from is thus an important part of their personal identity, and for many of them an important component of this local identity is the w ay they speak -their accent and dialect. 2.2.regional features early all of them have regional features in the way they speak English. Of course there are upper- class people who have region less acc