Diversity of English

Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Institute of Computer Sciences and Information Technologies

Department of Applied Linguistics

Paper
in Sociolinguistics
“Diversity of the English Language”

                                                          presented by:
                                                          Iryna

Lviv 2010

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Varieties of English
3. Historical background
            3.1 British English
                          3.1.1 Old English (450-1100 AD)
                          3.1.2 Middle English (1100-1500)
                          3.1.3 Modern English:
                                              - Early Modern English (1500-1800)
                                              - Late Modern English (1800-Present)
            3.2 American English
            3.3 Australian English
            3.4 South African English
            3.5 Canadian English
4. British English vs. American English
            4.1 American and British English pronunciation differences
            4.2 Grammar
                          4.2.1 Nouns
                          4.2.2 Verbs
                          4.2.3 Verb morphology
                          4.2.4 Use of tenses
                          4.2.5 Verbal auxiliaries
                          4.2.6 Complementation
                          4.2.7 The definite article
                          4.2.8 Prepositions and adverbs
              4.3 Spelling
              4.4 Vocabulary
                          4.4.1 Words and phrases with different meanings
                          4.4.2 Transport/Transportation
              4.5 Television
              4.6 Levels of buildings
              4.7 Units and measurement
                          4.7.1 Numbers
                          4.7.2 Monetary amounts
                          4 7.3 Dates... [continues]

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