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The story of English. / The mother tongue
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The story of English. / The mother tongue

Author: Robert McCrumRobert MacNeilWilliam CranBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.All authors
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2007]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : English
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Up to a billion and a half people speak English in some form. It is the international medium of communication for technology, diplomacy, business and popular culture. This program explains how English has risen to such prominence.
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Genre/Form: Documentary films
Documentary television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Documentary
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Robert McCrum; Robert MacNeil; William Cran; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.; MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
OCLC Number: 166331626
Language Note: Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Notes: Title from disc label.
Originally broadcast as a single episode of a series on PBS television in 1986.
Performer(s): Hosted by Robert MacNeil.
Description: 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD-R, 8X.; This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD equipment.
Contents: Birth of the Indo-European language --
Birth of English in the British Isles --
The influences of Old English --
The dark ages --
The influences of Middle English --
Chaucer --
"Standardized" English --
"Dramatized" English.
Other Titles: Mother tongue
Story of English (Television program)
Responsibility: a BBC TV co-production with MacNeil-Lehrer Productions in association with WNET ; producer, William Cran ; series writer, Robert McCrum ; host & co-writer, Robert MacNeil.

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Up to a billion and a half people speak English in some form. It is the international medium of communication for technology, diplomacy, business and popular culture. This program explains how English has risen to such prominence.

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