Comparative Study American, British, and Australian English

Comparative StudyAmerican, British, and AustralianEnglish

How to research… • American English from USA Today (word count: 24,498) • British English from The Mirror (word count: 48,133) • Australian English from The Australian (word count: 31,094) ………………………………………………. 6days(14th,19th,22th, Dec & 9th, 13th, 15th, Jan)

Expressions for own country 1 • A.E America 5 American 18 ⇒ 0.23675% USA, U.S 35 • B.E Britain 37 British 34⇒0.17659% England 14 • Au.E Australia 79 ⇒ 0.54351% Australian 90

Expressions for own country 2 • A.E nation 11 ⇒ 0.12245% • national 19 • B.E nation 8 ⇒ 0.05817% • national 20 • Au.E nation 7 ⇒ 0.09326% • national 22

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Conclusions ①American English a)I thought American people like to use “America”, “American”, “USA”, and “US”. But it was not true. b)Instead of these words, they like to use “national”, “nation”.

②British English a)British people tend to not use “Britain”, ”British”, “England”, “nation”,and “national” than American and Australian People. b)It is clear that British people often use many subjects and pronouns through the “Result”. 　↓　　　　　 I thought they are more individual than American and Australian people.

③Australian English a)Australian people tend to use more “Australia”and “Australian” than American and British people. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　↓ I thought they have stronger company sense than American and British people. b)It is clear that Australian people use many conjunctions through the “Result”. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　↓ I thought they can’t make a small sentences in their words, so they need to use many conjunctions.

Comparative Study American, British, and Australian English