英式英语与美式英语区别.ppt

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17thcenturyEngland→AmericaNoahWebster（诺厄.韦伯斯特）Reason

HepublishedthefirsteditionofhisAnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagein1828.NoahWebster诺厄.韦伯斯特

PronunciationStress（重音）first-syllablestressinAmEsecond-syllablestressinBrE.laboratory[英]?la’boratory?[美]’laboratory①以–ary和–ory和?–ate结尾的词，英音重音第二音节，美音第一音节：donate?[英]?do’nate??[美]?’donate②大多数复合词英音中的重音放在后，美音放在前：[英]?beef?’steak???else’where??[美]?’beefsteak???’elsewhere反例:[英]?baseball??[美]?base’ball

BrEAmEWords/i?//?/devolutionA2,B2,epochA2/?//o?/homosexualB2,produce/ɑ?//?/banana,javaA2/?//i/leisureA2,medievalA2/?//e?/compatriot,patriotB2/?//a?/dynasty,privacyB2/z//s/diagnoseA2,erase/ɑ?//e?/amenA2,tomato/??//?/progresswroth/?//?/accomplice,accomplish,/?//?/ofA2,fromA2,wasA2,Singledifferences

/??//?t/Huguenot/??//a?/MoscowA2/??//u/broochA2/?//i/pi(t)taB2/i?//?/beenB2/i??//?t?/nicheA2,B2/j??//ju/milieu/ju?//u/barracuda,puma/??//?/falconA2/s//z/asthma/?//sk/scheduleB2/t//θ/AnthonyA2,B2/ts//z/piazzaA2/?//u/BuddhaA2/?//?/brusque,hummus/u?//a?/routeA2/u?//o?/cantaloup(e)/?//o?/covertA2,B2

/a?//i/eitherA2,B2,neitherA2,B2,/i?//a?/albino,migraine/?//?/phenomenon/i?//e?/theta,zeta/a?//?/minorityA2,B2,primer/?//e?/ateB2/??z//us/chanteuse,masseuse/e?//?/patentA2,B2,comrade/?//?/Amos,condom,/?//?/AsiaB2,versionB2/?//o?/thorough,/?r//?/sirupA2,squirrel/si?//?/cassia,CassiusA2/z//?/Dionysius/zi?//?/transientA2,nausea/ti?//?/consortium/u?//ju/couponA2,/e?//i/deityA2,B2,Helene,/ju?//w/iguana,jaguar/zi?//?/Frasier,Parisian,/?//?/twatB2/?//?/wrath/ɑ?//?t/nougat/ɑ?//?r/quarkA2,B2/a?//u/nousA2/e//θ/boothB2/di?//d?i/cordiality/d?//ɡd?/suggestA2/e?//?/nonpareil/e?//?/template/e?//?t/tourniquet/?//?/nonsense/?//ɑ/envelopeA2,B2/?//?/Kentucky/?//?/trapeze/??(r)//?r/errA2

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