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摘 要
美国是一个移民国家,美国英语主要是十七世纪英国英语在美国的进一步发展。美国英语和英国英语虽然有很多相同之处,但是由于历史文化和社会背景及人们的思维方式导致了很多的不同。随着社会的发展,美国英语与英国英语的差别越来越显著。本文通过回顾分析英国英语和美国英语的历史演变和发展过程,论述了美国英语和英国英语在词汇方面存在的主要差异，通过了解两种英语在词汇方面存在的差异,使英语学习者比较容易地掌握某一种英语以及正确地表达英语包含的丰富的知识。本文同时还指出了美国英语以其独有的特点和语言艺术魅力越来越受到人们的关注,从而探讨英语的发展趋势。
关键词
美国英语；英国英语；词汇差异
Contents
Abstract I
Key words I
摘要 Ⅱ
关键词 Ⅱ
Introduction 1
Ⅰ.The History of British and American English 2
A. The History of British English 2
1. The Period of Old English 2
2. The Period of Middle English 3
3. The Period of Modern English 3
B. The Development of American English on the Basis of British English 4
Ⅱ.Reasons for the Development of American English 5
A. Being in Different Regions 5
B. Borrowing Words from Other Countries 6C. Revolting Politics and Ideology in North America 8
Ⅲ.The Different Meaning in American English 9
A. Creation of American Lexicon 9
B. Different Meanings between American and British English 10
C. Same Objects Expressed in Different Vocabularies 10
D. The Simplification in American English Lexicology 11
E. Other Forms of American English Different from British English 12
Ⅳ. The Developing Tendency of American English and British English 13
A. The Influence of American English 13
B. The Leading Position of American English 13
Conclusion 16
Acknowledgements 17
Bibliography 18
Abstract
With the development of the two countries—America and the U.K., the differences in some fields are clear and are also reflected in their languages. Even though there are many similarities in both variants, there are many differences in lexicology because of different regions, social backgrounds, the ways of people’s thinking, etc. This paper discusses the differences in lexicology between British English and American English and their tendency through the historical development of the two variants.
Key Words
American English; British English; the lexical difference
