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Differences between British English and American English

Differences between British English and American English. 1. Grammatical Differences 2. Differences in Spelling 3. Differences in Pronunciation 4. Lexical Differences. 1.Grammatical Differences. AmE have Do you have the time ? I don´t. BrE have got Have you got the time ?

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Differences between British English and American English

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  1. Differences between British English and American English

  2. 1. Grammatical Differences 2. Differences in Spelling 3. Differences in Pronunciation 4. Lexical Differences

  3. 1.Grammatical Differences

  4. AmE have Do you have the time ? I don´t. BrE have got Have you got the time ? I haven´t. Verb Phrase

  5. Conjugation AmE : burn burned burned BrE : burn burnt burnt AmE : dream dreamed dreamed BrE : dream dreamt dreamt

  6. AmE I just ate will / won´t BrE I´ve just eaten shall / shan´t TensesAmE sometimes uses the simple past where BrE has the present perfect.

  7. AmE Hudson River a half hour BrE River Thames half an hour Noun PhraseSome differences of word order

  8. AmE In the future In the hospital BrE In future In hospital Use of the article

  9. AmE The government is…. BrE The government are… Collective NounsAmE prefers collective nouns in the singularwhereas BrE allows also the plural

  10. AmE Come take a look I asked that he go BrE Come and take a look I asked him to go Clausal patterns……sometimes differ

  11. AmE I wish she were here. BrE I wish she was here. were / wasAmE prefers were to was

  12. AmE I´ll go momentarily real good backward It´s twenty of four It´s in back of the building BrE In a moment really good backwards It´s twenty to four It´s behind the building Adverbials and prepositions

  13. 2.Differences in Spelling

  14. AmE center color tire mom, mommy aluminum BrE centre colour tyre mum, mummy aluminium Spelling

  15. 3.Differences in Pronunciation

  16. Pronunciation • dance, chance • data • tune, duty • bird, floor

  17. 4. Lexical Differences

  18. There are three distinctions: • words that are only found in AmE • words that are only found in BrE • words that are established throughout the world as part of World Standard English (WSE)

  19. AmE Ivy League Groundhog Day Revenue sharing BrE A-levels Giro VAT Words that reflect cultural differences, and are not part of WSE

  20. AmE checking account station wagon BrE current account estate car Words that are straightforward,i.e. they have a single sense and a synonym in the other variety

  21. AmE caravan BrE trailer One WSE meaning and one or more additional meaning(s) in AmE or BrEcaravan in both languages:„group of travellers throughthe desert“but in the sense of „vehicle towed by a car“:

  22. AmE drugstore BrE chemist´s One meaning in WSE and a synonym in one or the other of the two varietiesboth have „pharmacy“

  23. AmE flyover BrE flypast No meaning in WSE

  24. AmE apartment store mail BrE flat shop post Effect of frequencyWords which are used in both varieties, but are much more common in one of them:

  25. AmE airplane baggage cookie BrE aeroplane luggage biscuit Equivalent lexical items

  26. AmE freedom fries gasoline expressway first floor subway BrE chips petrol motorway ground floor underground Quiz:

  27. BrE holiday racecourse driving license prawn cocktail jumper AmE vacation racetrack driver´s license shrimp cocktail sweater, pullover Quiz:

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