PECULIARITIES OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH LEXICAL EQUIVALENTS IN MODERN ENGLISH

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The specific peculiarities of American and British lexical equivalents are analyzed in this article. In particular, attention is focused on the history of American English and its development; attitude of western intelligent people towards American and British English is analyzed. The author uses comparative analysis of American and British lexical equivalents in modern English. It is postulated, that sociocultural, geographical and migration factors are fundamental for the determination of language peculiarities of American English. The tendencies of convergence and divergence, and aim to find national identity determined the development direction of two main options of the English language.

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Ю. В. Панасюк

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Ю. В. Панасюк (2018). PECULIARITIES OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH LEXICAL EQUIVALENTS IN MODERN ENGLISH. «Вчені записки Таврійського національного університету імені В. І. Вернадського. Серія: Філологія. Соціальні комунікації», 29(2), 51-55. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-502956