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iXXXX学院学士学位论文OnthevocabularydifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish浅析英式英语与美式英语的词汇差异作者XX完成日期2012年5月指导教师xX职称XX系别外语系专业英语班级X级X班学号XXXXXXX二○一二年五月二十五日iiXXXXUniversityOnthevocabularydifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishByXXSupervisorXXiiiAcknowledgmentsIwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoallthosewhohelpedmeduringthewritingofthisthesis.Igratefullyacknowledgethehelpofmysupervisor,Mr.XXwhohasofferedmevaluablesuggestionsintheacademicstudies.Inthepreparationofthethesis,hehasspentmuchtimereadingthrougheachdraftandprovidedmewithinspiringadvice.Withouthispatientinstruction,insightfulcriticismandexpertguidance,thecompletionofthisthesiswouldnothavebeenpossible.IamalsodeeplyindebtedtoalltheothertutorsandteachersinDepartmentofEnglishfortheirdirectandindirecthelptome.Ishouldfinallyliketoexpressmygratitudetomybelovedparentswhohavealwaysbeenhelpingmeoutofdifficultiesandsupportingwithoutawordofcomplaint.ivAbstractThispapermainlyconsistsoffiveparts.Thefirstpartisintroduction.Alongwiththedevelopmentofinternationalcommunication,andtheaccelerationofglobalization,Englishlanguageisextensivelyusedintheworldtoday.TheauthorintroducestheEnglishlanguagefromitscurrentsituationandusage.AndthenanalyzingthehistoricalandsocialchangeswhicharethetwomainfactorofdividingEnglishlanguageintwomainvariants:BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.FromthestandpointoftheconceptsofBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish,theauthoranalyzesthereasonsofcausingdifferencesinthesecondpart.Inthethirdpart,theauthoranalyzesfromthehistorical,geographicalandotherconsiderablefactorsandthenintroducesthemainreasonforthedifferencesindetail.ThefourthpartofthispaperistointroducethespecificvocabularydifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishandsomecommonexamples.Thefinalpartofthearticleisconclusion.TheauthorofthearticlesummarizesthecausesofthevocabularydifferencesbetweentheBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishandthengivesafurtherviewonthefuturedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.KeyWords:BritishEnglish;AmericanEnglish;vocabularydifferencesv摘要本文主要由五个部分组成。第一部分是引言。随着国际间的频繁交流，全球化的进程加速，英语这门语言在国际交流中广泛运用。作者对英语语言目前的地位及使用情况进行介绍，并引出英语语言在历史、社会等变化中所产生的两个主要变体：英式英语与美式英语。文章第二部分从英式英语与美式英语的概念分析差异原因。第三部分中，作者详细地从历史，地理以及其他方面的因素等介绍产生差异的主要原因。第四部分是英式英语与美式英语在词汇上的具体差异及些常见的例子。文章最后一部分是总结。笔者总结了文章所述的英式英语与美式英语产生的原因及差异，并就英语语言的未来发展进行展望。关键词：英式英语；美式英语；词汇差异viContentsIntroduction..........................................................................................................................................11.Literaturereview..............................................................................................................................22.TheconceptsofBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish...................................................................32.1TheconceptofBritishEnglish................................................................................................32.2TheoriginofEnglishlanguage...............................................................................................32.3TheconceptofAmericanEnglish...........................................................................................42.3.1TheoriginofAmericanEnglish....................................................................................42.3.2ThedevelopmentofAmericanEnglish.........................................................................43.Factorscausingthevocabularydifferences.....................................................................................63.1Thehistoricalfactorscausingthevocabularydifferences......................................................63.1.1ThesameoriginoftwovariantsofEnglishlanguage...................................................63.1.2Thedevelopmentandchangesofvocabulary...............................................................63.2Thegeographicalfactorscausingthevocabularydifferences................................................73.3Otherconsiderablefactorscausingthevocabularydifferences..............................................74.Thespecificvocabularydifferences.................................................................................................84.1Differencesonspelling...........................................................................................................84.1.1Individualletterchange.................................................................................................84.1.2Simplifiedwords...........................................................................................................84.2Homonyms..............................................................................................................................94.2.1Theconceptofhomonym..............................................................................................94.2.2Thespecificembodiments.............................................................................................94.3Synonyms..............................................................................................................................