Lexical Differences Between American English and British English by Wendy Morales Barillas https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u en-us 2019-05-07 00:52:35 UTC 2023-03-21 13:40:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/379172922/13f60f218f0fbefbff6b5d70bf1317d5/13822868_f520__1_.webp Introduction moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357433832 American English and British English are the same language but because of their lexical differences we can say that they are two different languages and we can analize them by separate.
We can see that American and British cultures, histories and social organization are totaly different. They are different even in the places in which it is spoken as a second language, for example, we can find that American English is spoken more in the Americas, East Asia and part of Africa.
But British English is more spoken in the Indian Subcontinent, South Asia, and parts of Africa, among others.
]]> 2019-05-07 01:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357433832 Historical Context In American English moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357438762 1. In America the Revoluting gave them the necessity to create new words and phrases that were not in British English.
2. The necessity of independence made them propose the creation of an independent dialect and also reaffirm the new national identity. They even proposed to change English by Hebrew or Greek.
3. The first settlers used their own dialects to communicate.
4. A group of the puritan English Separatist Church stablished in Virginia and Cape Cod Bay, invation that influence in the accent in language nowadays.
5. 40,000 cavaliers moved from London to the Chesapeake area and Virginia, which made them stay more in touch with England.
6. 23,000 Quakers stablished in Dalaware Valley and Pennsylvania.
7. Western Africands stablished in America in 1619, and they spoke dozens of different dialects to communicate among them.
8. in 1848 the Failure of the European revolution made many Irish, Germand and Italians to move also in 1970 many asuans and Central American moved to America.
For more information you can watch the video

American English - The History of English (8/10)

by
OpenLearn from The Open University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbvumrknAKs

]]> 2019-05-07 01:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357438762 Lexical Differentces Between Americand and British English moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357446876 When we compare American and British English, the first difference we notice is the pronunciation or accent. But there are also many differences in both, for example, the use of different words with the same meaning, or different phrases that mean the same in the two types of English. Also there are words that have been dropped from British English but they are used in American English nowadays. ]]> 2019-05-07 02:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357446876 1. Classification of Americand and British Lexical Differences moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357450046 We can find most of the differences between American and British English in spoken language.
But we can also find them in spelling, grammar and vocabulary. ]]> 2019-05-07 02:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357450046 1. 2 House Vocabulary moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357454279 There are differences between American and British English in some house vocabulary, for example, an "apartment" in American English is a "flat" in British English. Or a "bathroom" in American English is a "toilet" in British English.]]> 2019-05-07 02:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357454279 1. 3 Transport Vocabulary moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357458494 There are also differences in the transport vocabulary in which a "subway" in American English is an "underground" in British English. Or also a "gas station" in American English is a "petrol station" in British English.]]> 2019-05-07 03:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357458494 1. 4 Shopping and Food Vocabulary moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357459335 We can find differences even in shopping and food words in which a "store" in American English is a "shop" in British English or an "aubergine" in British English is an "eggplant".]]> 2019-05-07 03:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357459335 Conclusion moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357460105 With the differences between American English and British English we notice that there are many words that are used in both types but that means different things and that some words that are used in American English are not used in British English any more.
Also we can say that we can recognize one from the other with the accent or pronunciation of the words in spoken language.
I would to recomend to watch the video below, that help us to understand and compare both types of English in a funny way.

미국 영어 VS 영국영어 4 with 데이브, 네이슨 사익스! American VS British English 4 with Dave & Nathan Sykes

by The World of Dave데이브

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAgHp4gTMl0

]]> 2019-05-07 03:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357460105 References moraleswendy67 https://padlet.com/moraleswendy67/a82xj6njxx9u/wish/357461319 Lexical Differences between American and British English: a Survey Study - Guiseppina Scotto di Carlo - (class May 4)

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Video 1

American English - The History of English (8/10)

by
OpenLearn from The Open University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbvumrknAKs

Video 2

미국 영어 VS 영국영어 4 with 데이브, 네이슨 사익스! American VS British English 4 with Dave & Nathan Sykes

by The World of Dave데이브
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAgHp4gTMl0

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