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lunes, 24 de diciembre de 2012

American sense of national identity


Despite differences in vocabulary, the spoken English of USA and Britain was still essentially the same until 1776. After the Declaration of Independence, the patriotism of the newly independent United States of America found its linguistic expression in Noah Webster. His first books, on English spelling and grammar, were extremely successful. He was an icon for American English.

In 1828, he published An American Dictionary of the English Language, which was the foundation of American lexicography, and was held in similar esteem to Johnson´s Dictionary in England. Webster´s aim was to show the way the language was developing independently in America. He introduced several spelling reforms, which resulted in spellings as color, center, defense, and traveler


Here you have a very good page, which provides you further information about the differences between American and British English: American and British English



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