The adventure of English, 500 A.D. to 2000 A.D /

"What started as a minor Germanic dialect spoken by the Saxons became perhaps England's greatest export. Written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, this eight-part enhanced DVD series tells the story of how English became a global language. Along the way, each episode uses location footage, ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English, with optional subtitles in English (DVD player only).
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]
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Table of Contents:
  • [no. 1]. Birth of a language (51 min.)
  • [no. 2]. English goes underground (50 min.)
  • [no. 3]. The battle for the language of the Bible (50 min.)
  • [no. 4]. "This earth, this realm, this England" (51 min.)
  • [no. 5]. English in America (51 min.)
  • [no. 6]. Speaking proper (51 min.)
  • [no. 7]. The language of empire (52 min.)
  • [no. 8]. Many tongues called English, one world language (51 min.)