Unit2ExploringEnglish你想知道美式英语的发展史吗
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ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguageinAmericacanbedividedintothreeperiods
Thefirstperiodisfrom1607totheendofcolonial(殖民地的)times
InthisperiodthepopulationinAmericawasaboutfourmillion,90percentofwhomcamefromBritain
Thesecondperiodcoverstheexpansion(扩张)oftheoriginalthirteencolonies
ThismaybesaidtoclosewiththeCivilWar,about1860
Thisperiodwasmarkedbythearrivalofthenewimmigrants(移民)fromIrelandandGermany
Thethirdperiod,sincetheCivilWar,ismarkedbyanimportantchangeinthesourcefromwhichtheEuropeanimmigrantscame
TheycamefromnorthernandsouthernEuropeinlargenumbers
AmericanEnglishbeganinthe17thcentury
Atthebeginningofthe17thcenturytheEnglishlanguagewasbroughttoNorthAmericabycolonistsfromEngland
TheyusedthelanguagespokeninEngland,thatis,ElizabethanEnglish