Object of the Study

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

When American and British people meet, the first obvious difference is their accent and the pronunciation of words. However, the major differences probably lied in the choice of vocabulary differences, this shows how to treat the two varieties as two different languages. This research is divided into two problems. The first part presents the noun vocabulary differences between British and American English words that have similar meanings, and also reports the results of a survey among speakers of the two varieties to verify how well American and British speakers understand each other. The second part presents the semantic properties by using the semantic features of componential analysis. A. The similar meanings of different noun vocabularies between certain British and American English from Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 1. The similarities meaning of different noun vocabularies between certain British and American English A thorough scanning of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, found a total of 52 words showing the differences of nouns between AmE and BrE vocabularies which referred to the same things. All the data of different noun vocabularies had been categorized into each field, which consisted of 10 different words in clothes, 6 different words in building, 10 different wordsin food, 6 different words in vehicle, 6 different words in home appliances, 4 different 17 wordsin street objects, 2 different words in sport, 2 different words in occupation and 6 different words in parts of car.

a. “Clothing” Vocabulary

There are many differences between BrE and AmE related to clothing vocabulary. Table 4.1 below will present the data about the differences in clothing vocabulary. Tablet 4.1 Clothing Vocabulary Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary No British English No American English Meaning 1CB Trousers 1CA Pants a piece of clothing for your legs and the lower part of your body 2CB Pants 2CA Underwear a small piece of clothing that you wear under your other clothes, around the middle of your body to cover your bottom 3CB Dinner- jacket 3CA Tuxedo a black jacket worn by men in the evening for formal occasions 4CB Vest 4CA Undershirt a piece of clothing that you wear under your other clothes on the top part of your body 5CB Waistcoat 5CA Vest a short piece of clothing with buttons down the front but no sleeves, usually worn over a shirt and under a jacket, often forming part of a man’s suit The table above shows that there are 10 different words between British and American nouns that have the same meaning. First differences are American pants which are British trousers. In England, pants referred to a piece of clothing that meant to cover the hip area down from waist and often reached down to groin, which in American call it underwear. Americans prefer to call trousers pants and pants for them are underwear. If we talk about formal clothes there are 2