Ajarn Jason Clark‚ IAE 331 September 21‚ 2011 Phonological Comparison of British and American English It is commonly known among English speakers that there are some significant differences between British English and American English. In this paper I will compare these two varieties of English and discuss the systematic phonological differences between them. There are many other ways in which British and American English are different; such as‚ vocabulary‚ grammar‚ function etc. However‚ here
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I would like to talk about the culture dictionary‚ more specifically about the Oxford Guide to British and American Culture. The importance of such dictionaries became unquestionable when the culturological approach to the study of languages appeared. This approach means the unity of the language and culture. To acquire a language‚ a person should have the knowledge of special features of communication‚ behavior‚ people’s mind‚ habits‚ values‚ traditions in the country which language he/she learns
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British American Tobacco - Corporate governance (QIAN YANG) Introduction：500 Corporate governance background 250 To begin with we will provide a brief background on the corporate governance. The system of rules‚ practices and processes by which a company is directed and controlled. Corporate governance essentially involves balancing the interests of the many stakeholders in a company - these include its shareholders‚ management‚ customers‚ suppliers‚ financiers‚ government and the community. Since
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fact about that is that the American government was created by ideas that they got from Britain’s parliament (Nardo‚ 1994‚ p. 83). Since these governments are based off of each other‚ they do share a lot of similarities. Although Britain and the United States had comparable growth in their governments from when they started‚ in the end they had and still do have very different styles of democracy. The three main comparison points between the British parliament and American government are the branches
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A Brief Comparative Analysis of the Differences Between American and British English Syntax As English continues to assert its dominance as a leading language used worldwide‚ it’s no wonder to learn that it is now an acknowledged global language and the standards that its users hold it to will splinter and change over time. Most of the variance can be attributed to differing national histories and cultural development. Today‚ English is used in a range of contexts around the world as the native
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writings that he perfectly fit the stereotype that blacks were savages incapable of becoming civilized. led several Central American slave insurrections before his death. was popular with Europeans for telling them that their culture was far superior to that of Africans like himself. was one of the few children of African-American and Native American descent ever to be the chief of his Indian tribe. E.wrote the eighteenth century s most widely read account by a slave of
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The American revolution started as a result of British taxation on the American Colonies. The colonist being taxed without representation in the British Parliament made them mad. The molasses act‚ sugar act‚ and stamp act exemplify the Colonist were on the eve of a revolution due to the taxes the British imposed on them. The Molasses act was a law passed in 1733 the taxed the Colonist trade with the French West Indies. The British didn’t want the Colonist trading with anyone except the British. The
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Slavery was a very important institution in the British North American Colonies within the years 1607 and 1750. It wormed it way into every aspect of the British North American Colonies‚ into the social structure‚ into the economy‚ it even found its way into the politics of the time. Slavery was like a disease to the colonies‚ infecting every single cell in the body of the culture. The social structure of the thirteen colonies was altered by an addition to the existing divide between the rich landowners
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Chapter II Peculiarities of British and American variants in the English language II. 1. Peculiarities of American and British English and their differences II. 2. American and British English lexical differences II. 3. Grammatical Peculiarities of American and British English II. 4. Social and cultural differences Conclusion Bibliography Appendix Introduction The theme of my Diploma paper is “Peculiarities of British and American variants in the English Language”
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territory that the British controlled was India where it was first under control of the British East India Company and then Parliament with the Raj‚ and they also had Malaya‚ the French had French Indochina that consisted of Laos and Cambodia‚ the Netherlands had the Dutch East Indies including Java‚ New Guinea‚ and Sumatra‚ Russia had influence over outer Mongolia‚ and the United States had influence in Japan and control over the Philippines‚ gained from the Spanish-American War. 8. The Europeans
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