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2.2. AMERICAN ENGLISH IN THE WORLD
This dialect is rather popular in the world because of its dominance in the fields of cinema, music, technology. The difference between the American and British literary norm is not systematic. Current Americanisms penetrate into Standard English. Cinema and TV are probably the most important channels for the passage of Americanisms into the language of Britain and other languages as well: the Germans adopted the word teenager and the French speak of automatisation. The influence of American publicity is also a vehicle of Americanisms. This is how the British term wireless is replaced by the American radio. The jargon of American film-advertising makes its way into British usage; i.e. of all time (in "the greatest film of all time"). The phrase is now firmly established as standard vocabulary and applied to subjects other than films. The personal visits of writers and scholars to the USA and all forms of other personal contacts bring back Americanisms.
Cooperation between the USA and the other countries increases from day to day. American English integrates in every side of our life. The USA presents us its culture through movies, music, advertisement, business. All this aspects are reflected in the language. Language is the mirror of the culture. American English has its own special peculiarities, which distinguish it from other variants of the English language. It has its own historical, cultural background which is of certain interest for linguists and speakers of English in the whole world.

CONCLUSION
In this paper we researched the unique features of American English. We tried to find and explain the etymology of some American English words.
So it was found out that North America has given the English vocabulary thousands of words, word combinations and phrases. Several thousand are now used in English; others, however, died within a few years after their creation. The process of creation new lexical items started as soon as the colonists borrowed names for strange animals, plants, and other objects from the Native American languages. The early settlers also borrowed many names from French and Spanish.
Some people think that if English becomes the official language of the United States that will help keep states and people together. Others think that the American official language is unnecessary. They argue that a common language does not always lead to social harmony.
Working on this paper on American English is extremely beneficial; it has expanded our knowledge greatly. We got a more well - rounded education in linguistics now. The work also helped us to expand our knowledge of the history.
It is not true that Brit­ish Eng­lish is more tra­di­tional or that Amer­ican Eng­lish is sim­pli­fied.
In our opinion, American English is easier and it is also more convenient. We just want to tell everyone who is thinking of learning English that you don’t have to divide it into several parts.