Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension — AMEOSC 2025
InglêsInterpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
- Código
- qg402586
- Banca
- AMEOSC
- Órgão
- Prefeitura de Bandeirante - SC
- Ano
- 2025
- Nível
- Superior
- Cargo
- Professor de Inglês
American English diverged from British English following colonial settlement in the 17th century, developing distinctive features through various influences. Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" (1828) standardized American spelling (color vs colour, theater vs theatre). Regional dialects emerged from different settlement patterns: Southern American English, New England dialects, Midwestern English, and African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Immigration waves introduced vocabulary from Spanish, German, Italian, and other languages. The Great Vowel Shift had largely concluded before American colonization, meaning some features preserved older English pronunciations. What factors primarily contributed to American English developing as a distinct variety from British English?
- AAmerican English developed solely from French influence after the Louisiana Purchase, with no connection to British colonial English or any other linguistic sources from European settlement.
- BAmerican English is identical to British English in all aspects, with no phonological, lexical, or orthographic differences, making the concept of American English variety linguistically invalid.
- CAmerican English diverged through geographic isolation, Webster's spelling reforms, diverse immigration influences, Native American language contact, and regional settlement patterns creating distinct dialects across the territory.
- DThe divergence resulted from deliberate government legislation mandating different spelling and pronunciation after independence, with no natural linguistic evolution or immigration influence occurring subsequently.