American English
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American English is the set of English language varieties spoken in the United States, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar compared to other forms of English.
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Statements (68)
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| instanceOf |
dialect continuum
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language variety → variety of English → |
| hasCharacteristic |
T–V distinction largely absent in pronouns
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distinctive grammar compared to British English → distinctive pronunciation compared to British English → distinctive vocabulary compared to British English → flapping of /t/ and /d/ between vowels → lack of grammatical gender in nouns → preference for simple past over present perfect in some contexts → rhotic pronunciation in most regions → rising intonation in some yes–no questions → stress-timed rhythm → subject–verb–object basic word order → use of American spelling conventions → use of alveolar flap in words like ladder and latter → use of auxiliary verb gonna in informal speech → use of auxiliary verb will for future → use of contractions like don't and can't → use of do-support in questions and negatives → use of gotten as past participle of get → use of informal double negatives in some dialects → use of periphrastic constructions for aspect → use of pitch accents for focus → use of serial commas in many style guides → use of simplified spellings like color and center → yod-dropping in words like tune and news in many accents → |
| hasGrammarDifferenceFrom |
British English
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| hasISOCode |
en-US
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| hasLanguageFamily |
Germanic languages
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Indo-European languages → West Germanic languages → |
| hasNotableLexicalItem |
apartment
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elevator → fall (season) → gasoline → sidewalk → truck → |
| hasPronunciationDifferenceFrom |
British English
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| hasSpellingDifferenceFrom |
British English
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| hasStandardForm |
Standard American English
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| hasVariant |
African American Vernacular English
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Appalachian English → Chicano English → General American English → Inland North American English → Midwestern American English → New England English → New York City English → Southern American English → Western American English → |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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| influencedBy |
African languages
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British English → Immigrant languages in the United States → Indigenous languages of North America → |
| regulatedBy |
style guides such as AP Stylebook
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style guides such as The Chicago Manual of Style → |
| spokenIn |
United States
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| subdivisionOf |
English language
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| usedAs |
de facto national language of the United States
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| usedIn |
American popular music
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American television → Hollywood films → United States education system → United States government → United States media → |
| usedOn |
United States internet domains
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