Variants and Dialects of the English and Armenian Languages
ContentContent………………………….…………………………………………2
Introduction..……………………………………………………………...3
Chapter 1 Standard English………………………………..……………...4
Chapter 1.1 General Characteristics of the English Language in different Parts of the English-Speaking World………………………………………..5
Chapter 1.2 Lexical Differences of Territorial Variants………………….5
Chapter 2 American English....................................................................6
Chapter 3 Canadian, Australian and Indian Variants................................8
Chapter 4 Variants and Dialects of the Armenian Languages…….…...8
4.1 Armenian language……………………………………………………..8
4.2Variants of the Armenian Language……………………………………9
4.3 Dialects of the Armenian Language………………………………….10
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………15
References…………………………………………………………………16
Introduction
Every language allows different kinds of variations: geographical or territorial, perhaps the most obvious, stylistic, the difference between the written and the spoken form of the standard national language and others. English is the national language of England proper, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It is the official language of Wales, Scotland, in Gibraltar and on the island of Malta. Modern linguistics distinguishes territorial variants of a national language and local dialects. Variants of a language are regional varieties of a standard literary language characterized by some minor peculiarities in the sound system, vocabulary and grammar and by their own literary norms.
The differences between the English language as spoken in Britain. The USA, Australia and Canada are immediately noticeable in the field of phonetics. However these distinctions are confined to the articulatory-acoustic characteristics of some phonemes, to some differences in the use of others and to the differences in the rhythm and intonation of speech. The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the
Introduction..……………………………………………………………...3
Chapter 1 Standard English………………………………..……………...4
Chapter 1.1 General Characteristics of the English Language in different Parts of the English-Speaking World………………………………………..5
Chapter 1.2 Lexical Differences of Territorial Variants………………….5
Chapter 2 American English....................................................................6
Chapter 3 Canadian, Australian and Indian Variants................................8
Chapter 4 Variants and Dialects of the Armenian Languages…….…...8
4.1 Armenian language……………………………………………………..8
4.2Variants of the Armenian Language……………………………………9
4.3 Dialects of the Armenian Language………………………………….10
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………15
References…………………………………………………………………16
Introduction
Every language allows different kinds of variations: geographical or territorial, perhaps the most obvious, stylistic, the difference between the written and the spoken form of the standard national language and others. English is the national language of England proper, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It is the official language of Wales, Scotland, in Gibraltar and on the island of Malta. Modern linguistics distinguishes territorial variants of a national language and local dialects. Variants of a language are regional varieties of a standard literary language characterized by some minor peculiarities in the sound system, vocabulary and grammar and by their own literary norms.
The differences between the English language as spoken in Britain. The USA, Australia and Canada are immediately noticeable in the field of phonetics. However these distinctions are confined to the articulatory-acoustic characteristics of some phonemes, to some differences in the use of others and to the differences in the rhythm and intonation of speech. The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the
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