| 单词 | general american |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGeneral American General American adj. and n. (a) adj. of, relating to, or designating a form of U.S. speech without marked dialectal or regional characteristics; (b) n. General American speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > American English American1787 American English1806 Yankee1824 Americanese1863 United States1871 Yankeese1883 Amerenglish1923 General American1925 northern1947 Standard American English1951 1925 G. P. Krapp Eng. Lang. in Amer. II. i. 29 A clear parallel..between Western or General American English and northern British English. 1928 Eng. Jrnl. 17 455 Three main types of cultivated American English are recognized by authorities... They are the Eastern, the Southern, and the Western or General American. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Introd. p. xxvi/1 In America three main types of cultivated speech are distinguishable:..(3) the variously named Western, Midwestern, or General American. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Introd. p. xxvi/1 The fact that more speakers in the English-speaking world habitually use the General American than any other single type cannot vitiate the standing of the Southern British..for the educated Englishman. 1947 C. K. Thomas Introd. Phonetics Amer. Eng. xxii. 171 Eastern New England, the New York City area, the South, and the General American area clearly speak according to..different standards. 1971 Language 47 238 The General American dialect of the speaker in the film does not have lax vowels in open syllables. 1993 Beaver June 20/1 General American, the most widespread mode of speech in the U.S.A., prevails, generally, in New York State west of the Hudson, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the states of the Middle West and the Far West. < as lemmas |
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