Comparison between British English and American English 的英语文献综述

English in the contemporary world political, economic, cultural and other fields to play with temporary no other language can replace the role of English in a number of countries in addition to the mother tongue but also as a second language or foreign language in common use in many countries.
As a symbol system, "English" is a kind of language, on their use, in today's world there are all sorts of "English" and "English" is in fact the name of a simple terms, we can not hope that justice Literal It is a single, homogeneous phenomenon it is all around the world and under different circumstances the use of the many variants of the English pool. However, due to geographical, historical, cultural, and social customs of different factors such as the impact of today's visit to English furniture has evolved into a wider impact on the two variants of the worldwide English, which is British English and American English. With the development of their own language, their own characteristics of the formation, and there are differences between. In American English and British English, is concerned about the characteristics of the "norms" word. In this paper, the British and American English in origin and development of a simple introduction, the United Kingdom and the United States in terms of language study and to explore differences in the two English-speaking characteristics and differences, the right to express and enrich the relevant knowledge of English, improve application English ability.

QIN author of the "British English and American English", a book that "English is the world's most widely used language and the impact of one of the contemporary English into British English and American English. British English and American English is the same language, but English-speaking people in the use of the process, because of the geographical, social, education, occupation, gender, national factors such as changes in the characteristics of a different language. "
• Professor David Kelishiteer "English: global lingua franca" that "as early as in the British colonial period, the United States and the English immigrants initially hometown native maintained close ties, their language is still with the British language change change. But with the passage of time, the British colonial Americas also have a kind of language is different from British English. " Together with the United States, a melting pot of various cultures, other countries and other nations by the language and culture of the United States eventually formed a variant of English - American English. "English: The international lingua franca" of the author clearly pointed out that "British English and American English is the standard of English in the two main variants of the former includes educated in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Australia , New Zealand and South Africa, use of the English language) that the latter educated in the United States, Canada, and other use of the English language. " With the development of international situation, it is noteworthy that although the British English literature should be in a very important position, but in modern science and technology fields, the United States replace the British English very English trend. REVIEW Gao Mei "American English entry," a book that: "After a long development, and English with the rapid development of the United States national strength, relying on the increasingly powerful technology, trade, military and cultural strength, from Kuifajiaoyang, the lack of cultural heritage , the lack of aesthetic language, the client growth for the world's recognized par with the United Kingdom's strong English language, its influence even more than British English early. "
Some scholars maintain that the United States itself with the enhancement of national strength and the development of all fields and the two peoples through a variety of media exchanges increasing, the two countries have differences in language differentiation be reduced, American English and British English mutual cooperation, mutual infiltration will be an increasingly accelerated pace. "English: The international lingua franca" of the two authors that the "standard English" contains both the official language of, also includes informal style, as long as the language and grammar used to meet the standards on the English may be considered a "standard English", then to the United Kingdom and the United States that will also have a common "language", but at the same time allow minor differences exist.
English is a universal language. A language used by more people, the broader the scope, the easier it is a voice, vocabulary and grammar differences, a different variant. British English and American English are English regional variations of the two.
At present there is a trend that is increasingly affecting American English to British English, that is to say, the United States will be more and more English into English go to the United Kingdom, American English has become the world's recognized par with the United Kingdom's strong English language , and its influence has been even more than British English, British English very replace the trend, but it is undeniable that the development of the situation with the state, as well as the increasing exchanges between the two countries language differences also be reduced differentiation, the two languages mutual penetration and the speed of integration will be increasingly accelerated, the two countries will form a common "language."