Lecture 13 American English andBritish English 词汇学 教学课件.pptVIP

7. Other features The mandative subjunctive (as in “the City Attorney suggested that the case not be closed”) is livelier in American English than it is in British English. It appears in some areas as a spoken usage and is considered obligatory in contexts that are more formal. The adjectives mad meaning “angry”, smart meaning “intelligent”, and sick meaning “ill” are also more frequent in American (these meanings are also frequent in Hiberno-English) than British English. 1. Equivalents between AmE BrE 2. Words with different meanings in AmE and BrE 3. List of British words not widely used in US End of Lecture Good Luck! Chapter 13  American English and British English American English AmE, AE, AmEng, US Eng, en-US, United States English, or U.S. English a set of dialects of the English language 2/3 native speaker live in US no official language the de facto language of US official status by 28 of the 50 state governments the 17th century the languages of the Native American population, the languages of European and non-European colonists, immigrants and neighbors, and the languages of slaves from West Africa I. Phonological features a. More homogeneous on East Coast for more contact with England longer existence b. Most North American speech is rhotic c. non-rhotic pronunciations are found d. AAVE-influenced non-rhotic pronunciations found throughout the country (African American Vernacular English) The red areas are those where non-rhotic pronunciations are found among some white people in the United States. II. Vocabulary 1. Loanwords for unfamiliar flora, fauna, and topography from Natives: opossum (负鼠 ), raccoon (浣熊；浣熊毛皮 ), squash (南瓜属植物 ) and moose (驼鹿；麋 ), wigwam (棚屋) moccasin (软帮鞋；鹿皮鞋) etc. 2. Loanwords from other colonizing notions in NA: cookie, cruller (油炸小煎饼 ), stoop, and pit (核) (of a fruit) from