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Showing posts with label English Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English Language. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross Discuss the Evolving English Language

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

The Adventure of English: This Earth, This Realm, This England - Episode 4

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During the reign of Elizabeth I, new words appeared due to foreign trade, while scholars introduced Latin terms into the language, whil...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Adventure of English: English Goes Underground - Episode 2

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Melvyn Bragg travels throughout Britain to explore the roots of the English language and explores its survival following the conquest ...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Adventure of English: Birth of a Language

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A BBC documentary about the story of the English language.    
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Churchill: The Power of Words on Exhibit at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City

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F or history buffs, Anglophiles, and all appreciators of resonant, meaty language, Churchill: The Power of Words, now on exhibition at t...
Saturday, March 6, 2010

"The Story of English: Next Year's Words" with Robert MacNeil

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In this concluding episode of Robert MacNeill's history of the English language , he reviews the "local energies" driving cha...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

"The Story of English: The Loaded Weapon" with Robert MacNeil

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In episode 8 of his history of the English language, Robert MacNeil explores the influence of Irish Gaelic on the language and Ireland'...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

"The Story of English: The Muvver Tongue" with Robert MacNeil

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T his seventh episode of Robert MacNeil's history of the English language considers Cockney English and the influence of the "Engl...
Saturday, February 13, 2010

"The Story of English: Pioneers, O Pioneers!" with Robert MacNeil

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T his sixth episode of Robert NacNeil's history of the English language traces the evolution of American English from the Revolutionary...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

"The Story of English: Black on White" with Robert MacNeil

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T his fifth episode of Robert MacNeil's story of the English language probes the roots of Black English, including the American slave ...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

"The Story of English: The Guid Scots Tongue" with Robert MacNeil

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C ontinuing Robert MacNeil's fascinating examination of the history of the English language, this fourth episode traces the influence ...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

"The Story of English: A Muse of Fire" with Robert MacNeil

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T his third episode of Robert MacNeil's history of the English language considers the enormous influence of Shakespeare, the "grea...
Saturday, January 9, 2010

"The Story of English: The Mother Tongue" with Robert MacNeil

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T his second episode in "The Story of English" traces the history of the language in terms of successive invasions of the British ...
Saturday, January 2, 2010

"The Story of English: An English-Speaking World" with Robert MacNeil

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T his 1986 documentary chronicles the history of the English language and its "extraordinary journey from an obscure Germanic tribe to...