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1、题目：DifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish学院：外国语学院专业班级：2010级英语四班姓名：王娅婷学号：100801413DifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishAbstractTodayAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish,bothbelongingtothesamelanguage—English,arethetwomajorvarietiesorna
2、tionalstandardsofEnglishintheworld,whichbothhavecommongroundandcertaindifferencesinsomeaspects.ThispaperwillmakeananalysisandcomparisonbetweenAmEandBrEintermsofpronunciation,intonation,vocabulary,spelling,grammarandusages,hopingtohelpuscompletelyandobject
3、ivelyknowthedifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish.NowIwillcomparethesetwolanguagesintheoryandexamples.摘要英式英语和美式英语，它们隶属于同一语言——英语，是当今世界两种最为主要的英语变体或国际标准。在某些方面它们既有必然的联系，也有明确的差异。此论文将通过对英式英语和美式英语的语音、语调、词汇、拼写、语法和常用法几个方面的分析和比较，帮助我们全面客观地看待英式英语和美式英语的区别。接下来我将根
4、据理论与实例比较这两种语言。IDifferencesinpronunciation1.differencesinindividualsounds1.1invowels(1)AmericanandBritishEnglishpronunciationofoneofthebiggestdifferencesintheirmuddyvowel
5、∂
6、AmE:AmericanEnglishinerrarelymuddyvowel,andsometimesshorttonesi(sentimental,actuali
7、ty)andu(wuss),andevendashesofoo(hooker)usingmuddyvowel(ThesefourexamplesofpronunciationinEnglish,respectively[i],[i],[u:],[u]).BrE:English,oftenmuddyvowelsoundintheunitthroughanumberofnon-repeatersintheshorttonesa(about)andshorttoneser(computer)(2)America
8、nandBritishEnglishpronunciationofthemostrepresentativeofthedifferenceisthedifferentpronunciationofer.(3)thedifferencepronunciationofaAmE:TheletteraAmericanEnglishispronouncedas
9、æ
10、e.g.pass
11、pæs
12、BrE:TheletteraBritishEnglishispronouncedas
13、a:
14、e.g.pass
15、pa:s
16、(4)
17、Thevowel[əu](asinhome)isadiphthonginBritishEnglish;inAmericanEnglishitisclosertobeingamonophthong[o],anditsoundsverydifferent.(5)/ju:/inBritishEnglishpronouncedas/u:/afteradentalinAmericanEnglish(6)DiphthongsinBritishEnglisharereplacedbylongvowelsinAmeric
18、anEnglish.
e.g.:/ei/by/e//∂u/by/ɔ/
1.2inconsonants(1)theletterr:rletterssimplyrepresentallthedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmerican,everywhereit.Whendoingconsonants,whatmakesthedifferenceis,whenrthefirstwordendings,an
