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3. British and American English.

1. Антрушина, Г.Б. Лексикология английского языка: учебник для студ. пед. ин-тов по спец. № 2103 "Иностр. яз." / Г.Б. Антрушина, О.В. Афанасьева, Н.Н. Морозова; под ред. Г.Б. Антрушиной. — М.: Высш. школа, 1985. — С. 200—206.

2. Дубенец, Э.М. Современный английский язык. Лексикология: пособие для студ. гуманит. вузов / Э.М. Дубенец. — М. / СПб.: ГЛОССА / КАРО, 2004. — С. 143—150.

3. Лещева, Л.М. Слова в английском языке. Курс лексикологии современного английского языка: учебник для студ. фак-в и отдел. английского языка (на англ. яз.) / Л.М. Лещева. — Минск: Академия управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь, 2001. — С. 123—135.

Key terms: variant, dialect.

Compulsory exercises:

  1. Consider your answers to the following questions:

  1. In what different ways might the language spoken in the USA be viewed linguistically?

  2. What are the peculiarities of the vocabulary of English spoken in the USA?

  3. Can we say that the vocabulary of the language spoken in the USA supports the hypothesis that there is an "American language"? Give a detailed answer.

  4. What are the grammatical peculiarities of the American variety of English?

  5. Describe some of the phonetic divergences in both varieties of English.

  6. What other regional varieties of English do you know?

  1. Give the British equivalents for the following Americanisms.

apartment

store

baggage

street car

truck

elevator

candy

corn

stand/wait in line

fall

drapes

semester

freeway

collect call

attorney

check

gasoline

  1. Complete the table using British English or American English word.

    vacation

    trousers

    apartment

    trainers

    high school

    biscuits

    garbage

    highway

    fortnight

    subway

  2. Explain the differences in the meanings of the following words in American and British English.

corn

apartment

homely

guess

  1. Identify the etymology of the following words.

Ohio

ranch

squash

mosquito

banjo

toboggan

pickaninny

Mississippi

sombrero

prairie

wigwam

  1. Translate the following words giving both the British and American variants.

каникулы

бензин

осень

консервная банка

трамвай

тротуар

штора

ящик для мусора

лифт

конфета

грузовик

товарный поезд

багаж

метро

подтяжки

брюки

кран

почтовый ящик

бумажник

визитная карточка

  1. The text includes some words used in American English. Find them and give the British English words.

It was getting near lunchtime and I needed some gas, so I left the freeway and drove towards the nearest town. There was a gas station just outside the town and I decided to stop and have a look round. I put the car in a parking lot and took a cab to the centre. It was midday and very hot, so I stopped at a little cafe with tables on the sidewalk. I started talking to a truck driver, who gave me a history of the town, and afterwards he took me on a guided tour. It made a very nice break.