American English

Question 1

Orthography

Answer 1

American orthography are more phonological based due to national identity e.g absence of ‘u’ (color, check, plow, mom)

Question 2

Lexical and semantic variations:

Answer 2

flat vs apartment, plaster vs bandaid, trousers vs pants, crisps vs chips, biscuit vs cookies

Question 3

Phonological variations:

Answer 3

American phonology expresses emphasis on the first letters of a word e.g ADdress, REsearch