In a broader sense, it refers to the English spoken in the United States, which is roughly divided into three dialects: Northern (New England), Central, and Southern. In a narrower sense, it refers to words and idioms that are unique to the United States and do not exist in British English, and in this sense, it is also called Americanism. This includes usages that are no longer used in Britain, such as fall, which means "autumn," loanwords unique to the United States, such as moccasin, which originates from Native American languages, and prairie, which originates from French, words that have developed into meanings different from those in Britain, such as corn, which means corn, and words created in the United States, such as cocktail and know-how. In addition, we can also add pronunciations (hot [American hɑt; British hɔt]) and spellings (American plough; British plough) that are different from those in Britain. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
広くは,アメリカ合衆国で行われている英語全体のことで,大きく北部 (ニューイングランド) ,中部,南部の3方言に分れる。狭くは,アメリカ合衆国に特有の,イギリス英語にはない単語や語法のことで,この意味ではアメリカニズム Americanismとも呼ばれる。これには,「秋」の意味の fallのようにもはやイギリスではすたれた用法,先住民族インディアンの言語に起源をもつ moccasinやフランス語起源の prairieのようなアメリカ特有の外来語,特にトウモロコシをさす cornのようにイギリスとは異なる意味に発展した語,cocktailや know-howなどアメリカでつくられた語,などがある。これに,イギリスと異なる発音 (hot[米 hɑt;英 hɔt]) ,綴字 (米 plow;英 plough) も加えることができる。
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