THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH. - презентация

1 THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

2 TODAY'S THEME OF MY PROJECT IS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH, THIS TOPIC BECAME INTERESTING TO ME, BECAUSE IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF OUR COUNTRY PEOPLE SPEAK ON THEIR DIALECTS, AND I DECIDED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE IT IS COMMON ENGLISH FOR THE TWO COUNTRIES, AND TODAY. I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT Target

3 IF YOURE NOT A FULL TIME EDITOR, YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF WHAT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH ARE. WELL, AMERICANS AND THE BRITISH CLEARLY SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT THERES ENOUGH VARIATION TO CREATE VERSIONS OF THE LANGUAGE WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND LOCAL FLAVOR

4 The English language was introduced to the Americans through British colonization in the early 17th century and it spread to many parts of the world because of the strength of the British empire. Over the years, English spoken in the United States and in Britain started diverging from each other in various aspects. This led to two dialects in the form of the American English and the British English.

5 WRITER OF THE FIRST AMERICAN DICTIONARY IN 1806 BELIEVED THAT AMERICANS LANGUAGE SHOULD REFLECT THE WAY THEY SPOKE, AND BE DISTINCT FROM BRITISH ENGLISH CAME OF AGE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND THEREFORE PLACED GREAT EMPHASIS ON AMERICAS CULTURAL SEPARATION FROM ENGLAND SIMPLIFIED SPELLINGS OF MANY WORDS, SUCH AS PLOUGH/PLOW CENTRE/CENTER COLOUR/COLOR ADDED UNIQUELY AMERICAN WORDS, SUCH AS SQUASH AND CHOWDER Noah Webster

6 THE MOST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH IS VOCABULARY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF EVERYDAY WORDS THAT ARE DIFFERENT. FOR EXAMPLE, BRITISH CALL THE FRONT OF A CAR THE BONNET, WHILE AMERICANS CALL IT THE HOOD. AMERICANS GO ON VACATION, WHILE BRITISH GO ON HOLIDAYS, OR HOLS. Differences

7 Word confusions with one meaning

8 PRONUNCIATION

9 England and America are two countries divided by a common language. ~George Bernard Shaw