Thedifferencebetween
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“EnglandandAmericaaretwocountriesdividedbyacommonlanguage.”~GeorgeBernardShaw第2页第2页
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TheEnglishlanguagewasfirstintroducedtotheAmericasbyBritishcolonels,beginningintheearly17thcentury.Overthepast400years,theformofthelanguageusedintheAmericas—especiallyintheUnitedStates—andthatusedintheBritishIsleshavedivergedinafewminorways,leadingtothedialectsnowoccasionallyreferredtoasAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.OneparticularcontributiontowardsformalizingthesedifferencescamefromNoahWebster,whowrotethefirstAmericandictionary(published1828)withtheintentionofshowingthatpeopleintheUnitedStatesspokeadifferentdialectfromBritain,muchlikearegionalaccent.Whyaretheredifferencesbetweenthem?第4页第4页
NoahWebster诺厄.韦伯斯特HepublishedthefirsteditionofhisAnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagein1828.第5页第5页
PronunciationStress（重音）first-syllablestressinAmEsecond-syllablestressinBrE.laboratory[英]?la’boratory?[美]’laboratory①以–ary和–ory和?–ate结尾词，英音重音第二音节，美音第一音节：donate?[英]?do’nate??[美]?’donate②大多数复合词英音中重音放在后，美音放在前：[英]?beef?’steak???else’where??[美]?’beefsteak???’elsewhere反例:[英]?baseball??[美]?base’ball第6页第6页
BrEAmEWords/i?//?/devolutionA2,B2,epochA2/?//o?/homosexualB2,produce/ɑ?//?/banana,javaA2/?//i/leisureA2,medievalA2/?//e?/compatriot,patriotB2/?//a?/dynasty,privacyB2/z//s/diagnoseA2,erase/ɑ?//e?/amenA2,tomato/??//?/progresswroth/?//?/accomplice,accomplish,/?//?/ofA2,fromA2,wasA2,Singledifferences第7页第7页
SpellingHerearesomegeneraldifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanspellings:
Wordsendingin-or(American)-our(British)color,colour,humor,humour,flavor,flavouretc.
Wordsendingin-ize(American)-ise(British)recognize,recognise,patronize,patroniseetc.
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