A.National identity and linguistic characteristics
1.1.British national identity and English characteristics
As a nation,the British character features:quiet,shy,conservative,elegant,reserved.Britain as a country has a long history,has formed a complete set of culture,etiquette,customs and tradition.Coupled on the British Empire was once the most powerful country in the world,great national pride in the British formed a self-righteous closed,conservative character.The only Englishman in the familiar crowd completely relaxed,and when they encounter strangers or foreigners,they will feel uneasy and even distress.Britain this character is reflected in their language,the performance of words,pronunciation and grammar and other aspects of the old-fashioned and low-key (understatement).
1.2 American national characteristics and the characteristics of American English
Americans as a nation,with features characteristic of a number of national character,more open,inclusive and innovative.Start since Columbus discovered the New World,the people of each country with a beautiful yearning and longing of this mysterious land of the Americas have set foot on this land,natural language also entered the country,into American English,making it the an integral part of the language.At the same time independent of the United States so far,history,relatively short,not too many stereotypes and defend,Americans are more open and innovative,its language even more so.
National identity reflect the differences in language
2.1 syntax,English legalistic,simple form of American English
Americans like simple,fast,as their pace of life,in the language of modern American English for the long-established rules of grammar,if there is need for bold reform and innovation.Sentence structure as simple as possible,the words and sentences to avoid the complex phenomena of Jane,the noun attribute appeared in large numbers,prepositions,articles,conjunctions omitted U.S.Syntactic more compact and concise. A.National identity and linguistic characteristics
1.1.British national identity and English characteristics
As a nation,the British character features:quiet,shy,conservative,elegant,reserved.Britain as a country has a long history,has formed a complete set of culture,etiquette,customs and tradition.Coupled on the British Empire was once the most powerful country in the world,great national pride in the British formed a self-righteous closed,conservative character.The only Englishman in the familiar crowd completely relaxed,and when they encounter strangers or foreigners,they will feel uneasy and even distress.Britain this character is reflected in their language,the performance of words,pronunciation and grammar and other aspects of the old-fashioned and low-key (understatement).
1.2 American national characteristics and the characteristics of American English
Americans as a nation,with features characteristic of a number of national character,more open,inclusive and innovative.Start since Columbus discovered the New World,the people of each country with a beautiful yearning and longing of this mysterious land of the Americas have set foot on this land,natural language also entered the country,into American English,making it the an integral part of the language.At the same time independent of the United States so far,history,relatively short,not too many stereotypes and defend,Americans are more open and innovative,its language even more so.
National identity reflect the differences in language
2.1 syntax,English legalistic,simple form of American English
Americans like simple,fast,as their pace of life,in the language of modern American English for the long-established rules of grammar,if there is need for bold reform and innovation.Sentence structure as simple as possible,the words and sentences to avoid the complex phenomena of Jane,the noun attribute appeared in large numbers,prepositions,articles,conjunctions omitted U.S.Syntactic more compact and concise.