%0 Journal Article 
%A García Rodríguez-Izquierdo, David
%T A study of the influence of British and American English
%D 2024
%@ ISSN 2305-8129

%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38227
%X Over the past few decades, English teachers and students have compared the major
varieties of English. The consensus was clear: British English (BrE) was seen as the
standard, while American English (AmE) was perceived as a corrupted version of BrE.
We can find a reference on this by The Times noted a similar sentiment in 1995 when
Prince Charles expressed to a British Council audience that American English is “very
corrupting”. Many teachers regarded AmE as a superficial language, riddled with
grammatical errors, strange pronunciations, and unnatural expressions. Thus, AmE
was considered less refined, and BrE was viewed as the superior form of English....
%K American English
%K British English
%K Students’ preferences
%K Semantics
%K Pragmatics
%K Social Media
%~ Universidad de Cádiz