Why "American" English

Authors

• Andrew YuFollow

Date of Creation

Summer 7-17-2026

Description

A brief history on how "American" English evolved from British English.

Keywords

Linguistics, American English, Assimilation, British English, American History, Language, United States

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Document Type

Digital Project

Recommended Citation

Yu, Andrew, "Why "American" English" (2026). Digital Scholarship Summer Research Fellows. 26.
https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/dssrf/26