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Реферат Basic grammatical and lexical-semantic differences between American and British English





="justify">. 4 Article

are differences in using of articles. Nouns which have an article in British English can be used without it in the American version [17] .the week (BrE) - all week (AmE)

I? ll be here all the summer. (BrE) - I? Ll be here all summer. (AmE) nouns, which denote administration, various governments, are used without article in American English, meanwhile in British English they are used with article the [17] .has closed the mine. (AmE) - The Management has closed the mine. (BrE), there are cases of using article in American English, whereas in British English it is just dropped out [3] .hospital (BrE) - to the hospital (AmE) future (BrE) - in the future (AmE) university (BrE) - in the university (AmE) next day, the rain began. (BrE) - Next day, the rain began. (AmE)

For the British version is more typical to use the nouns toothache, earache, stomach-ache and backache without the article, as uncountable nouns. But in English specific twinges are transmitted by the same nouns, which are considered countable nouns [3, p.109].

I? ve got headache. (BrE) - I have a headache. (AmE)


. 5 Adverb

's consider another feature - using of adverbs in a sentence. In the British version adverb is used after the auxiliary verb in a sentence and in the American version is used before the auxiliary verb [17] .seldom am late for work. (AmE) - I am seldom late for work. (BrE) probably has arrived by now. (AmE) - He has probably arrived by now. (BrE)


. 6 Adjective

adjectives slow, real, awful are used primarily as an adverb in American English [8, p. 11] .drive slowly (BrE) - to drive slow (AmE) nice (BrE) - real nice (AmE) felt awfully sleepy (BrE).- I felt awful sleepy. (AmE) general, Americans use more adjectives, and unlike the British, they prefer long words.


. 7 Pronoun

are some differences in using of the pronoun one raquo ;. In American English it is replaced by he raquo ;. [17] .cannot succeed unless he tries hard. (AmE) - One can not succeed unless one tries hard. (BrE) should learn to take care of himself. (AmE) - One should learn to take care of oneself. (BrE)

One can? t be too careful, can he? (AmE) - One can? T be too careful, can one? (BrE)


. 8 The introductory words

in American English introductory words yet still within the meaning of «проте», «все ж», «проте» are synonymous and are translated as: has many friends, still she feels lonely.- У неї много друзів, и все ж вона почувається самотньою.still love him.- І проти, я люблю его.


. 9 Spelling

main differences in the British and American versions of spelling have their origin from the reforms of the American linguist and originator of the American Dictionary of the English Language »Noah Webster in 1828. It contained the words that were not in any dictionary, released in the UK. According to Christopher Dobbs any great nation could not boast of linguistic unity of language to Noah Webster. Webster designed and fastened a single American English in his dictionary. Webster helped to create an entire nation. But throughout the English-speaking world, his name became the synonymous with the word dictionary. Raquo; Anyway, what dictionary. Everyone [5] .dictionary consisted of two books and contained 70000 words, 5000 of which are not included in any British dictionary. It took 27 years on its creation. Unlike Russians, Americans often use the dictionary of their language. The most popular has become the second edition of Webster's Dictionary, which includes 600,000 articles on 3400 pages. Since 1898 the dictionary was published in abridged form and was called Collegiate Dictionary Merriam-Webster. Raquo; Americans use exactly this dictionary. In 2006 was released 11th edition of mini-dictionary that contains the new words which appeared in the lexicon of Americans over the past few years [5].

Namely Noah Webster introduced the practice of writing the words in the American version [8, p.12].

a) the nouns with -our (Latin and French origin) :( BrE) - flavor (AmE) (BrE) - humor (AmE) (BrE) - labor (AmE)) the nouns with -ce, -se , -ze: (BrE) - defense (AmE) (BrE) - license (AmE) (BrE) - organize (AmE)) the nouns with -gue: (BrE) - catalog (AmE) (BrE) - dialog (AmE )) doubling of the final consonant -l and -m: (BrE) - traveler (AmE) (BrE) - jeweler (AmE) (BrE) -program (AmE)) the nouns with -re, -er: (BrE)- center (AmE) (BrE) - fiber (AmE) (BrE) - theater (AmE)) the nouns with - y and -i in the root: (BrE) - tire (AmE) ( BrE) -sip...


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