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1、AmericanEnglishandAmericanCultureLanguageandculturecanneverbeseparated,languagecouldnotexistifitseparateswithculture.TheBritainpeopleandAmericanpeoplebothusethelanguageofEnglish.However,AmericanEnglishisavarietyofBritishEnglish,Americanshavetheirowntraitsandcustomstousewordsandexpre
2、ssions.AmericanEnglishprovideuswithainterestingreflectionofAmericanculture.Actually,wecanfeelsomethingaboutAmericanculture,sinceAmericanEnglishreflectsAmericanculture,includingtheirviewofvalue,theircharactertraits,andsoon.1.AmericanEnglishmeltalotofloanwordsAmericaiscalled“ameltingp
3、ot”sincetwentiethcentury,itmeansthenationsaremeltedintoanewraceofmen.Inthefieldoflanguage，itcanbesaidthatAmericanEnglishisalinguisticmeltingpot.IthasprobablyadoptedandloanedmoreforeignwordsthanBritishEnglish.Foronething,newphysicalconditionsinanewnationcallfornewwords.Foranotherthin
4、g,AmericanswereincontactwithforeignlanguagemorethanBritainduringtheperiodofcolonizationandwholeimmigration.ThemigrationofEnglishtoNorthAmericaresultedintheadoptionofmanyloanwordsfromthevariousIndianlanguageofthecontinent,forexample:"persimmon"(美洲柿)，“tamarack”(美洲落叶松)，“raccoon”(浣熊)，“m
5、uskrat”(麝鼠).BesidesthevariousofIndianinfluences,AmericanEnglishreflectsthenon-Englishcultures.Inthewestwardexpansionoftheirterritory,theEnglish-speakingcolonistscameintocontactwithFrench,theDutchandSpanish.Theloanwordsare:"voyageur"(靠水路运送货物和人的船夫)，“portage”(搬运工)，“pumpkin”(南瓜)，“bayou”
6、(长沼)—theseareFrenchwords."alfalfa"(苜蓿)，“taco”（一种墨西哥肉米饼），“enchilada”(以辣椒调味的一种墨西哥菜)—theseareSpanishwords."coleslaw"(拌上调味汁的冷拌菜)，“waffle”(华夫饼干)，“boss”(老板)—theseareDutchwords.TheGermanisalsoinfluenceAmericanEnglish,suchas:"hamburger"(汉堡包)，“noodle”(面条)，“hood-lum”(强盗)，“ecology”(生态学)，“semes
7、ter”（学期）,"sauerkraut"(泡菜)，andmanyotherGermanwords.Inaddition,aswildlyvariedSwedish,ItalianandChinesehaveallmadesomecontributionstoAmericanEnglish.ThenationofAmericaiscalledthemeltingpot,alotofloanwordsappearinAmericanEnglish.Theseloanwordscanberegardedasamirrorofthecomplicatedconsti
8、tutionsofAmericanna
