I have chosen the theme “Geographical, regional and dialectal varieties of American
English”. The relevance of this topic is that students in Russian educational institutions learn
British English, so American English, especially his dialectal varieties, can be very hard for
understanding.
It also creates barriers in communication, that causes problems not only in professional
sphere, but also in personal life. According to this current theme would be relevant for different
categories of people. It helps to expend knowledge of English in general.
The object of the work is American English.
The subject of the work is of geographical, regional and dialectal varieties of American
English and their differences.
The purpose of this work is to find general information of different varieties of American
English and to know how to distinguish them (phonetically, first of all). To do this, I have to
solve a number of problems. They are:
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To understand how America is divide according to the dialects
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To find out specific characteristics of each dialect
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To find what influenced these differences
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To study vocabulary and grammatical features
The main research methods are:
o Analytical method;
o Comparative-contrastive method;
o Method of linguistic description.
The following theoretical resources were used to perform this work:
- David Crystal. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
- William Labov. The Social Stratification of English in New York City and other his works
- Cambridge Dictionary of American English
Structure of the work: the study consists of an introduction, two chapters, conclusion
and a list of references.
The introduction reveals the actuality of the topic, defines the goals and objectives of
the work, describes the material and methods of research, substantiates the practical and
theoretical meanings of this work.
The first chapter examines geographical varieties of American English and 3 broad
dialect areas – northern, southern and middleland.
The second paragraph examines vocabulary and grammatical features of each particular
arear and dialects, rural and urban areas. Urban areas New Yourk and Chicago.
The conclusion contains brief summary on the results of the work.