American English vs. British English Completed: The student of group 3EB Antropov Anton

BRITISH English is the language of science and international politics BRITISH English is the language of science and international politics. Language requires phonetic accuracy, grammatical pedantry, intonational correctness, stylistic accuracy. The conversation in British English certainly carries a shade of ceremoniality, artificiality

American English-promotes simplicity, which does not know reasonable limits. Therefore it is not surprising that, say, such a turn as I seen him, become a language norm. Hearing this phrase; a true Briton would instantly hang a hundred labels on his interlocutor.

The history of the formation of the American version of English In the 17th-18th centuries, a stream of immigrants poured into America: the French, the Spaniards, the Germans, the Dutch, the Norwegians and even the Russians. But most of them were from Britain, where they spoke English. The new population of America needed to communicate, the choice fell on English. The first English arrived in the early XVII century. The first settlement of the English in North America was the city of Jamestown in the territory of the present state of Virginia. In November 1620 the city of Plymouth was founded by the Puritans who arrived on the ship "Mayflower"

In the 17th - 18th centuries. flows of emigrants are constantly growing, bringing with them a variety of languages ​​and dialects. The formation of the language of the colonies was influenced not only by England. Already in the XVIII century. Immigrants from Ireland arrived in North America. In the West and Southwest of the modern United States, Spanish was the main language. Along the St. Lawrence River, people from France settled. In New York, originally called New Amsterdam, the Dutch dominated. In Pennsylvania, the Germans settled. In addition, a large number of Negro slaves were imported into the southern regions. All these new inhabitants of North America, as well as its native inhabitants - the Indians, contributed to the formation of the dialect of the colonies, although the Indian influence was not so significant. Mass emigration to the United States of America continued in the 19th and 20th centuries. At the same time, despite the abundance of languages ​​and cultures of settlers, the main language was still English

Differences between British and American English Phonetic differences British option The American version Lexical differences Differences in spelling Grammatical differences

Native American dialects Borrowings Spanish Irish language American English German Dutch Language Native American dialects French language

SAE Spelling SBE Spelling color colour center centre all right alright DIFFERENCE OF BRITISH ENGLISH FROM AMERICAN. MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN UNDER THE SAME EXPRESSION. SAE Spelling SBE Spelling color colour center centre all right alright

math (shortening of "mathematics") maths The same term with a similar, but different spelling. SBE math (shortening of "mathematics") maths aluminum aluminium

The same word, but with a different meaning or tinge in the meaning SAE SBE I married a homely girl. Ugly a good house-keeper

Punctuation. SAE SBE Date writing, number/word order. (Never use only numbers!) month/day/year 12/03/03 December 3, 2003 day/month/year 12/03/03 March 12, 2003 Use of commas and periods inside/outside quotation marks. He said, "I love you." He said, 'I love you'

Grammar. Finnair has a flight to London today. SAE Grammar SBE Grammar Finnair has a flight to London today. Finnair have a flight to London today. (large collective nouns) England has played well today, even if it lost. England have played well today, even if they lost. The Government is acting like itself again. The Government are acting like themselves again.

Appearance of the new meaning of the word; use of a synonymous word. SAE SBE to mail a letter to post a letter an art gallery an art museum faucet tap

Concepts denoted by different terms and expressions. SAE SBE rent a car hire a car shift gear lever dessert sweet two weeks fortnight

Conclusion Having studied the peculiarities and differences of American and British languages, we came to the conclusion that these two languages have a common ancestry, but also they have a number of differences such as: different pronunciation with the same spelling, different spelling with the same pronunciation, the same term with similar , but different spelling, the same word, but with a different meaning or tinge in meaning, differences in grammar, syntax, punctuation, and general usage.

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