Diffrences between British English and American English

Abstract: English is a language that practically everybody knows internationally, so it’s common for people to get confused between British English and American English. English was introduced to what is modern day America in the 17th century by the British settlers. Since then the language has evolved and has been influenced by the many waves of immigration to the USA.
Aim: to describe the origins of the English language and the American dialectand to compare the use of the selected differences in the two dialects and demonstrate them with examples.
1. To gather theoretical data about differences between British and American English.
2. To reseach how well Lithuanian students distinguish between British and American English.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the English language itself really took off with the invasion of Britain during the 5th century.
Three Germanic tribes, the Jutes, Saxons and Angles were seeking new lands to conquer, and crossed over from the North Sea. It must be noted that the English language we know and study through various English language courses today had yet to be created as the inhabitants of Britain spoke various dialect of the Celtic language.
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Spelling
The spelling of British English words were cemented by Samuel Johnson in what is considered to be one of the most famous dictionaries in the world. It took Johnson, and six helpers, just over eight years to curate the 40,000 words that appeared in ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’, which was publihsed in 1755.
Similarly in America ‘A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language’ was first printed in 1806 and popularised the American English spellings that were being used instead of the British English spellings of words, such as color instead of colour.
The author was Noah Webster who followed up the original dictionary in 1828 with his ‘An American Dictionary of the English Language’...

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