This lecture discusses about Americanism, archive features.

1. 8. Americanism,
Archive Features
Lecture No. 8
Zafar Ullah,
zafarullah76@gmail.com

2. Freedom from British Colonialism
• The first colony was founded at Jamestown,
Virginia, in 1607.
• British America refers to the British Empire's
colonial territories in America from 1607 to 1783.
• English (London parliament imposed taxes on
their colony America)
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3. American Revolutionary War
• The American Revolutionary War, also known as
the American War of Independence, was fought
primarily between the Kingdom of Great Britain
and its Thirteen Colonies in America, resulting in
the overthrow of British rule in the colonies and
the establishment of the United States of
America. It continued between Apr 19, 1775 –
Sep 3, 1783.
• American war of independence
• Except New York, all colonies voted to get
freedom from England on July 2, 1776.
• On 4th July, 1776, USA got freedom.
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4. Americanism
• Americanism is a set of the United States patriotic
values aimed at creating a collective American identity, and
can be defined as "an articulation of the nation's rightful
place in the world, a set of traditions, a political language,
and a cultural style imbued with political meaning".
• According to the American Legion, Americanism is an
ideology, or belief in devotion, loyalty, or allegiance to the
United States of America, or to its flag, traditions,
customs, culture, symbols, institutions, or form of
government.
• In the words of Theodore Roosevelt, "Americanism is a
question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or
birthplace."
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5. Core Values of Americanism
• liberty,
• self-government,
• equality,
• individualism,
• diversity,
• unity.
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6. Americanism and English Language
• Get rid of the language of colonizers
• (Mustafa Kamal)
• Webster Noah
• i.‘The American Spelling Book’ 80 million copies
were sold in 100 years.
• ii. In ‘An American Dictionary’, he wrote
etymology with meanings.
• Iii. ‘Dissertations on the English Language’
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7. Archive Features
• Archive:
• A collection of historical documents or records
providing information about a place, institution, or
group of people.
• data storage systems
• American National Archive
https://www.archives.gov/
Founding records, veteran records, educational
records,
Photographs of WWI, WWII etc
documents
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8. Archaic Features in US English
• Preservation of old inflections in Icelandic and
Scandinavian languages.
• “English language in America can really be
considered more conservative than the English of
England.”
• US English preserved archaic features of 17th,
18th centuries English pronunciation.
• R is pronounced strongly
• Flat a in words fast, path,
• Gotten form in US English. 8

9. Cont…
• Word mad for angry in US English
• Chaucerian English in US English, word platter
but it is not present in UK English.
• Transplantation of language by people.
• Educated US English manifests archaic features.
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