American English vs British English designed by Maria Kazieva designed by Maria Kazieva form 9m1 form 9m1 gymnasium 4 gymnasium 4 Podolsk Podolsk supervised by M.A. Matkovskaya supervised by M.A. Matkovskaya 2013

THE RESEARCH QUESTION: to find out whether American English differs greatly from British English OBJECTIVES: to outline what historical events influenced the development of American variety of English to study some peculiarities of the American English language

The First Contributors to the New Federal Language

HISTORICAL AMERICANISMS American EnglishBritish English The complete disappearance of many birds in the fall was considered a great mystery. The complete disappearance of many birds in autumn was considered a great mystery. Every day this month Ive gotten spam on my . Every day this month Ive got spam on my . PROPER AMERICANISMS British EnglishAmerican English British English American English anticlockwisecounterclockwise motorway or M way freeway or highway biscuitscookies pavementsidewalk carautomobile petrolgasoline, gas car parkparking lot postmail

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES British EnglishAmerican English Educationprimary schoolelementary school secondary schoolhigh school Year 12 Lower sixth (AS)11 th grade Junior year Year 13 Upper sixth (A2)12 th grade Senior year formgrade to sit an examto take an exam Dates25/12/00 (Christmas Day 2000)12/25/00 (Christmas Day 2000) GRAMMATICAL FEATURES American EnglishBritish English The committee WAS UNABLE to agree. The committee WERE UNABLE to agree. The committee WAS UNABLE to agree. I SAW this movie.I'VE SEEN this film. July eleventh / July elevenJuly the eleventh

PRONUNCIATION American EnglishBritish English data [d ɑ :tə]data ['de ɪ tə] tomato [tə'meιtəu] tomato [tə'm ɑ :təu] vase [veιz] vase [v ɑ :z] SPELLING American EnglishBritish English centercentre colorcolour catalogcatalogue realizerealise traveledtravelled defensedefence

American English vs British English As an independent nation our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government. British EnglishAmerican English aerialantenna anticlockwisecounterclockwise biscuitscookies carautomobile car parkparking lot carriagecar chemist'sdrug store, druggist's chipsfries, French fries liftelevator lorrytruck luggagebaggage milliardbillion ministersecretary motorway or M wayfreeway or highway pavementsidewalk petrolgasoline, gas postmail crispspotato chips railwayrailroad rubbereraser cinemamovies sweetscandy tramstreet-car undergroundsubway wash updo the dishes wash your handswash up Educationprimary schoolelementary school secondary schoolhigh school Year 12 Lower sixth (AS) 11 th grade Junior year Year 13 Upper sixth (A2) 12 th grade Senior year formgrade to sit an examto take an exam Politicsto stand for electionto run for office Levels of buildingsthe ground floorthe first floor block of flatsapartment building Dates25/12/00 (Christmas Day 2000)12/25/00 (Christmas Day 2000) 4 June 2005June 4, 2005 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES words ending in -rechange to –ercentre - center words ending in -ourchange to -orcolour – color words ending in -oguechange to -ogcatalogue - catalog words ending in -ise/izeending only in –izerealise / realize - realize final -l doubled after short vowel - l not always doubled after a short vowel travelled traveled modelling - modeling words ending in -encechange to -ensedefence - defense SPELLING

CONCLUSION 1.The language spoken in the United States can be regarded as a regional variety of English. 2.The basic rules of English tend to be the same in the UK and in the USA. So, despite some differences, one will be able to understand the language wherever it is spoken. References: Algeo John The Origins and Development of the English Language. Wadsworth Publishing, 2009 Mencken H.L. The American Language Nesterchuk G.V., Ivanova V.M. The USA and the Americans. Minsk, 1997 Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Volume 4, J. Adams to President of Congress. Amsterdam, September 24, 1780 Антрушина Г.Б. Афанасьева О.В. Лексикология английского языка. М. Дрофа,