Prezintatsia angl (1)
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Project Differences between British and American English
Project Differences between British and American English
The project was done byKuchinskaya Anastasia Onishchenko MariaVerba Anastasia 10-A
INTRODUCTION
GRAMMAR AND CONSTRUCTION
PRONUNCIATION
Examples
BritishAmericanAdvertisement
BritishAmericanHospitable 1) American intonation does not rise or fall as much as that of British English, it sounds more monotonous. Examples: advertisement, hospitable
Examples
BritishAmericanChance
BritishAmericanBath
2) American voices usually have a higher pitch. That is why American English often seems too emphatic and American voices seem louder than those of British speakers. Examples: chance, bath
Examples 3) In standard southern British English, r is only pronounced before a vowel sound. In most kinds of American English, r is pronounced in all positions it written in a word, and it changes the quality of a vowel that comes before words like car, turn, offer sound very different in British and American speech. Examples: bar, pure
BritishAmericanBar
BritishAmericanPure
Examples
BritishAmericanClass
Dance
British
American
4) Such words as class, dance, are pronounced with /a:/ in standard southern British English, and with /ae/in American and other varieties of British English.
Examples
HomeBritish
American
GoBritish
American
5) In such words as home, go, is more rounded than in Britain.
Examples
MissileBritishAmerican
Reptile
BritishAmerican
6) Words ending in unstressed -ile (reptile, missile) are pronounced with /ail/ in British English; some are pronounced with /l/ in American English.
VOCABULARY
Americans go on vacation, while Brits go on holidays, or hols.New Yorkers live in apartments; Londoners live in flats.
QUIZ
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CONCLUSION