Презентация на тему Variants of the English Language

language allows different kinds of variations:
geographical;
territorial;
stylistic and others.

has spread over vast territories. It is the national

English which is current and literary, substantially uniform and

literary norm. There are distinguished variants existing on the

English has a long tradition as a separate written

are structured differently in Scottish English and in British

in British English, e.g. (ScE) extortion – (BrE) blackmail;

The distinctiveness of Scottish English derived from the influence of other languages, especially Gaelic, Norwegian, and French., e.g., Gaelic borrowings include:
cairn – ‘a pile of stones that marks the top of a mountain or some other special place’;
sporran – ‘a small furry bag that hangs in front of a man’s kilt as part of traditional Scottish dress’

different meanings in Scottish English and British English, e.g.

The two main politico-linguistic divisions are Southern and Northern,

presence of words with the same form as in

older, often rural people, e.g.
biddable ‘obedient’; покорный
feasant –

e.g. to destroy and drenched. These words have the

e.g.:
ava – ‘at all’;
greet – ‘cry, weep’;
brae

Canadian English,
Australian English,
New Zealand English,
South African

language spoken in the USA. The first wave of

– ‘to think’;
sick – ‘ill, unwell’.
In American

vocabulary: redbud багряник– ‘an American tree having small budlike

of the Americans with other nations on the American

moment;
cert – certainly.

language used in Canada and close to American English.

also borrows from American English, e.g. truck is used

formed by adding –o or –ie to the ends

English language spoken in New Zealand and close to

borrowed from the ‘Maori population to describe the local

metaphoric phrases that New Zealand English has made most

English language used in South Africa and surrounding counties

do not exist in British and American English, usually

language spoken in India. The language that Indians are

an official language of Government in India, there are

pronounced in all positions;
the distinction between [v] and

American variant of the English language differs from British

for the same denotatum:
sweets (Br) – candy (Am);
reception

(are) specific to either British or American English. Both

one of the variants, e.g. drive-in in Am.E. denotes

-ster, -super are more frequent in Am.E.:
draftee –

complex: transportation – transport (br). In some cases the

deals with different identities a person acquires participating in

permanent and transparent aspects of a person’s social identity.

men against women. There is now a widespread awareness

replacement of ‘male’ words with a generic meaning by

and development in Britain, the USA and in European

of gender in modern linguistics.
It examines:
the interaction

on:
the constitution of cultural meanings,
the significance of individual

that has given rise to a number of scientifically

a particular way of earning a living.
All occupations

aspects of structure are implicated:
Phonological identity is in such

as it shares with religion a respect for ritual

documents, such as contracts, deeds, insurance policies, wills;
the

language, radio language, and television language.
News reports are characterized

summarizing and drawing attention to the story (telegraphic style);
The

uses:
deviant graphology (Beanz Meanz Heinz),
strong sound effects,

words which are:
vivid (new, bright),
concrete (soft, washable),

in over 60 countries, and is represented in every