Non-systematic differences between British and American pronunciation

This diploma thesis occupies itself with non-systematic differences between British and American English. In its initial section, this thesis outlines the historical background, the origins of American English and its influence of British English. Subsequently, the systematic differences are defined, in order to distinguish them from the non-systematic ones. The comparison of two regional varieties is done on the basis of two respective pronunciation norms, i.e. Received Pronunciation for British English and General American for American English. The main part of the thesis is focused on the identification of isolated examples of dissimilarity which follow from the irregularities of both systems. An alphabetical list of transcribed words, personal or geographical names organized into segmental and suprasegmental areas is included in the Appendix