LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 1 January 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.

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Syntactical and Morphological Differences in British and American English

Sardar Fayyaz ul Hassan

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This article discusses morphological and syntactic differences in British and American English. It aims at discussing the differences from an evaluative point of view. It is an invitation to the researchers to view and work on American English differently rather than going by the general conception of simplification. Language has always been authentic and strong source of identification. The same is true to the American English.

1. Introduction

Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary (7th edition, p.829) defines language as "the system of communication in speech and writing that is used by people of a particular country or area". Language is innate in human beings (Chomsky, 1957), and it is considered next to food. As it is difficult to point out what kind of food is more important? Indian, Chinese or American etc, same is with language. However, politically and scientifically dominating nations influence the world with their languages. No doubt that social and political strength gives currency to a language or a variety of any language both at national and international level. It was the time when George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) characterized England and America as two nations divided by common language (wikipedia2011), and it could be true even now. However, American language called American English (AE) obviously sounds in a different way. Bough C. Albert and Cable Thomas (1981:130) show the initial and onward reaction to the emergence of American English:

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Sardar Fayyaz ul Hassan
Lecturer in English
Buraydah Community College
Qassim University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ph.D. (Linguistics) Scholar, Atlantic International University
Honolulu Hawaii, USA
sardar_bccqu@yahoo.com
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