RT journal article
T1 A study of the influence of British and American English
A1 García Rodríguez-Izquierdo, David
A2 Filología Francesa e Inglesa
K1 American English
K1 British English
K1 Students’ preferences
K1 Semantics
K1 Pragmatics
K1 Social Media
AB Over the past few decades, English teachers and students have compared the majorvarieties of English. The consensus was clear: British English (BrE) was seen as thestandard, 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 whenPrince Charles expressed to a British Council audience that American English is “verycorrupting”. Many teachers regarded AmE as a superficial language, riddled withgrammatical errors, strange pronunciations, and unnatural expressions. Thus, AmEwas considered less refined, and BrE was viewed as the superior form of English....
PB / SPEECH TECHNOLOGY
SN ISSN 2305-8129
YR 2024
FD 2024-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38227
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38227
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 05-nov-2026