REGIONAL VARIETIES OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY

Points for discussion:
The main regional varieties of the English language.
American English and its peculiarities in phonetics, grammar and vocabulary.

ENGLISH

ENGLISH

Vocabulary of the “Common Core”
Common Core - words belonging to both British and American English
BrE
AmE

American English (AE) - a regional variety of the English language spoken in the United States and having a literary norm of its own (Standard American)

Simplification of spelling
Although – altho
Through – thru
Practice – practise (n, v)
Jewellery - jewelry

Vocabulary of Am E
Historical Americanisms
Fall ( BE-autumn);
guess ( BE-think);
sick (BE- ill, unwell).
– lexical divergents (words identical in sound form but different in meaning)

Vocabulary of Am E
Historical Americanisms
Americanisms Proper

Vocabulary of Am E
Historical Americanisms – lexical divergents (words identical in sound form but different in meaning)
Americanisms Proper
Later Proper Americanisms – lexical analogues (words identical in meaning but differing in sound form)

Vocabulary of Am E
Historical Americanisms – lexical divergents
Americanisms Proper
Later Proper Americanisms – lexical analogues
American Borrowings