Elements of British and American English [antikvár]

The present manual discusses in a systematic way the differences and similarities between British and Ame- rican English. It is intended primarily for'secondary .school teachers of English but can also be recommended to secondary school and university students, or prac- tically anybody with a relatively good command of En- glish- Before a detailed discussion of the peculiarities of British and American English is attempted, the origin of American English will be briefly accounted for. In the presentation proper, the following areas will be taken into account : pronunciation, stress, intonation, spelling, vocabulary, phraseology, grammar, and morpho- logy. Within each of these fields similarities will be pointed out, differences discussed, and the most stri- king dissimilarities purposely emphasized. This discus- sion will be limited to a presentation only of current, differences with sporadic references to the historical development of the two varieties of English. Slang expressions will be avoided, the actual investigation; being confined to literary and colloquial British and American English. The script appended to the manual includes instances of pronunciation, stress and intonation. It is hoped that all of the examples recorded liere will serve as a good illustration of differences pei taming to the sound systems of the two varieties.