A Study of the Phonological Differences between American English and British English

Language is a communicative tool, and phonetics is an important part of language. English is mainly divided into American English and British English. For many English learners, especially Chinese English learners, it is difficult to distinguish between American English and British English, which greatly aggravates the difficulty of learning English learners. In the process of learning English, we can easily find that American English and British English sometimes have different pronunciation of the same word; in the same word, the stress syllables in American English and British English are different; in the same sentence, the stress words in American English and British English are also different. There are many reasons including historical reasons, social life or regional culture for these differences, which deserve our careful study. These differences are also a challenge for English learners, so it is very important to learn the phonetic differences between American English and British English. Keywords—phonological differences; importance; American English; British English; the reasons of differences