And vocabulary, which is considered a very important branch of the English language, is researched and studied by many lexicologists. However, most of us often care about vocabulary and grammar while studying English, which causes many problems for students learning English as an international language. Variations in English include many phenomena in both grammar and vocabulary, such as tense; complementation; preposition; words spelling, pronunciation, meaning;.
I hope that my study can be useful for students of English to identify and understand more about different varieties of English and they can get the better result in studying and communicating. The reason is that they do not have much knowledge about the varieties of English and American English, and British English is most popular. Whether it is now a separate language or a dialect of English better described as Scottish English is disputed.
The pronunciation, grammar and lexis of traditional forms differ, sometimes significantly, from other varieties of English. Due to the widespread use of English as a second language, English speakers have many different accents, often indicative of the speaker's native dialect or language.
Number of words in English
There are many words in English that have been created to describe forms of particular non-English languages that contain a very high percentage of English words. Thanks to the development of English in many ways, English vocabulary is getting richer and richer and one of them is English varieties which will be mentioned in the main part of this paper.
English as a global language
Books, magazines and newspapers written in English are available in many countries around the world. Thanks to English being a global language used by many countries around the world, its popularity has contributed to the development of variants of English.
AN OVERVIEW OF ENGLISH VARIETES 1 British English
- American English
- Australian English
- Canadian English
- New Zealand English
English, is a set of dialects of the English language mostly used in the United States. Australian English (AusE, AuE, AusEng, en-AU) is the form of the English language spoken in Australia. Australian English began to diverge from British English shortly after the founding of the Australian penal colony of New South Wales (NSW) in 1788.
The first of the Australian gold rushes in the 1850s began a much larger wave of immigration that would significantly affect the language. Among the changes triggered by the gold rushes was the "Americanization" of the language—the introduction of words, spellings, expressions, and usage from North American English. New Zealand English (NZE, en-NZ) is the form of the English language used in New Zealand.
One of the most notable differences between the New Zealand accent and the Australian accent and other varieties of English (although partly shared with South African English) is that /ɪ/ is a central vowel. A distinct New Zealand variety of the English language has existed since 1912, when Frank Arthur Swinnerton described it as a.
ASPECT OF ENGLISH VARIETIES 1 Meaning
Pronunciation
- Northern English dialects
- Scottish
- Irish English
- Australian
- American English
- West Indian English
- West African English
The vowel sounds resemble those of many Scottish accents A rising intonation is often used in statements. Some diphthongs are wider than in RP (the difference between the open first element and the closed second element is greater), eg in ‗bay',. The vowel system of WAf English is reduced compared to that of most other varieties of English.
Ten' and 'turn' are homophonic. Voice assimilation is common: 'the fact that' = /de fæg dæt/;. Basically, people in different countries or dialects can use the same words with their own pronunciations and it helps create English varieties around the world, and each way of pronunciation is typical of its own dialect.
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH ENGLISH AND
AmE sometimes prefers words that are more morphologically complex, while BrE uses truncated forms, such as AmE transport and BrE transport or where the British form is a back formation, such as AmE burglary and BrE burglary (from burglar). The most striking differences between AmE and BrE lie at the level of pronunciation and vocabulary.
DIFFERENT WORDS WITH THE SAME MEANING
- Clothes
- People
- Buildings and Shops
- Others British say
Or trousers and trousers are used in the same meaning in BE and AE, even though trousers in BE have a different meaning than trousers. Or a type of shirt collar called polo collar in BE is a turtleneck in AE - The type of shoes used for sports and called sports shoes in BE are called sneakers in AE. These are some typical different words of British English and American English that have absolutely the same meaning.
After dining in a British restaurant, British people pay the bill for the cashier and the American pay for the teller. When people are sued the British will call their lawyer and the American will call their lawyer's lawyer. A public school in means a private school in AE and public school in AE means the state school on the student's days off is.
There are different words for naming a house double - house twin (BE). But on the other hand, we often use the word baseball in AE as Rounders in BE. Bat (table tennis) in BE is called Paddle (ping pong) in AE II.6 On the road.
The gas pedal of a motor vehicle: in English there is a petrol pump, but in American there is a fuel/gas station. Students often know that autumn is one of the 4 seasons in a year, and this is a EU word, in AE they do not call it fall, but autumn. I think not many students know this, and they often think that they are two separate words with different meanings.
There are more words that make the difference between BE and AE in the glossary below.
THE SAME WORD WITH THE DIFFERENT MEANINGS
- Places and Buildings
- People
- Foods and Drinks
- Animals
- Things
- Natures
AE- in a city, the part of a street between adjacent intersections* or an informal rough unit of distance derived from the length of the same. BE - land kept in its natural state, around or adjacent to a dwelling, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding or the like (especially in Scotland), pasture or field. BE - railway switch (US: switch) (power point) electrical outlet (US: socket) headland or headland jutting out into the sea. dot) with a dot.
BE- part of the name of some state secondary schools (approx. US: .. high school) and many independent schools (approx. US: prep school) educational institution between school and university (e.g. sixth form college, technical college, college of further education). AE professional association which awards some form of professional qualification, mostly in the medical field (eg Royal College of Surgeons, American College of Surgeons) an independent institution of higher education (such as a small university or a department of a university) that grants bachelor's degrees. The AE that takes care of real estate in exchange for rent-free housing.
AE- (n.) the main area of specialization of a college/university student ("his main subject is physics"); the student himself ("he studies physics"); (v.) to pursue a major ("he studied physics") (compare minor; UK: compare reading) (n.) rank between captain and lieutenant colonel in the air force (British squadron leader) and in some police stations (UK ca . chief inspector). BE – one's girlfriend or a young woman (slang; becoming rarer and considered derogatory by some). AE (pram) baby transport vehicle with the child lying face-to-face with the pusher (UK: pram, pram) – more buggy than a shopping cart (mainly in the North Atlantic states).
BE- (the lot) the whole thing (US similar: the whole schmear or enchilada or ball of wax or shebang. In short, one word can be used in different meanings depends on the habits of the speakers of different dialects or countries and it contribute to English varieties All the words could not be mentioned above and they will be listed in the glossary below.
LEARNING PROBLEMS AND DEFICIENCIES WHEN STUDYING ENGLISH AS A SENCOND LANGUAGE
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
EXERCISES
Exercise 1 Match the appropriate words with British and American meaning below
Write definitions for these American words a. Druggist
Match the American English words with the British English words below
PART THREE
CONCLUSION
Each topic features popularly used words, with explanations and examples to help readers gain an in-depth knowledge of English variants in the vocabulary of British and American English, meaning differences and in particular, and variants of English in general. All examples are designed around familiar conversational contexts or taken from a variety of sources to make the differences between dialects clear and help students use different Englishes effectively in conversation. English varieties are interesting, useful and a big part of studying English, but they also cause many difficulties for students to learn and use.
And of course mistakes and shortcomings are inevitable, so I hope to get sympathy and input from teachers and readers to make it more perfect. Hopefully, in the future, this topic will be studied further to help students have a thorough study of English varieties.
KEYS TO EXERCISES Key to exercise I1
A list of things you bought to eat in a restaurant and which tells you how much to pay. Chips Very thin slices of fried potato that you eat cold before a meal or as a snack. Drugstore - A store where you can buy medicine, beauty products, school supplies, small things to eat.
GLOSSARY
- List of words with same meaning in American and British English
- List of words with different meanings in American and British English
Long slices of deep-fried thin-sliced fried potato (UK: .. potato, thick cut similar to American steak frites . chips). Highway Public road highway (as between cities) (divided or dual carriageway) a road with two carriageways and at least four lanes (UK: dual carriageway) (highway post office) in the past, a bus carrying mail sorted en route .