美利坚民族精神与美语词汇

The American Character and the American English Vocabulary

通过对美国外来词汇引进的描述和分析,主要论述了美利坚民族精神对美语词汇的影响。这一研究旨在进一步揭示美国文化与美国英语之间的关系,在美国英语较为盛行的全球化时代,对该问题的研究有助于加深对美国语言文化的了解。美利坚民族的包容精神使美国人能从其它语言中引进大量词汇,从而极大地增加了美国英语的词汇量并丰富了美国人的表达方式;而美利坚民族的创新精神又使美语词汇得到极大的革新,从而使其新颖、特别,有别于英式英语。

This article discusses how the American character shapes the American English vocabulary. Based on the descriptive research and analysis of the foreign words introduced into American English,the article aims at further revealing the relationship between American culture and the American English. At the age of globalization when American English is becoming so popular,the research is helpful to enhance understanding of American culture and language. The author points out that the American strong tendency to embrace and absorb foreign cultures enables the American people to import numerous foreign words into their language,which helps enlarge the American English vocabulary and enrich the expressions of the American people. The American spirit of innovation meanwhile leads to the reforming of the American English vocabulary,making it new and different from the British English vocabulary.