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Showing posts with label Robert MacNeil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert MacNeil. Show all posts
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 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 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...