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American English definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta (791 words) |
 | American English can be described in terms of three groups: (1) the dialect divisions Northern, Coastal Southern, Midland, and Western; (2) distinctive urban varieties, as in New York and New Orleans; (3) vernacular forms, for example, African American English and Jewish English. |
| American English tends to be nasal and, apart from three areas (eastern New England, New York City, and the Southern states), the r sound is pronounced in words such as art, door, and worker; it is also pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled back and raised. |
| American English often places stress on the first syllables of certain words, for example, laboratory and excess, whereas British English moves the stress to medial or terminal positions, as in their pronunciations /lə bórrətri/ and /ek séss/. |
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