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The Story of English
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[2007], c1986
Language
English
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From the eVideo
Prelude: English in an English-Speaking World (1:05)
Prevalence of English Worldwide (2:12)
English: Language Without Frontiers (0:57)
Varieties of English: Public-School English (3:21)
Spread of Public-School English Via Radio (2:13)
British and American English and WWII (1:35)
British Decolonization and English Language (3:03)
English: Socially Desirable Language in India (2:52)
English: Lingua Franca of Africa (2:31)
English in Africa: Multinational Corporations (2:57)
Worldwide Influence of American Slang (3:36)
"Valley Girl" English: Passing Fancy (2:29)
Gay Slang in World English (2:01)
End of Linguistic Sexism (2:15)
English Jargon from Computer Technology and the Military (4:04)
English: Everyone's Second Language (2:24)
English in Singapore (2:12)
Correct English in Singapore (2:04)
English in China (1:47)
English: Language of Technology (1:19)
Global Village of Communications (4:10)
American English (3:07)
From the eVideo
Indo-European Languages (2:05)
Frisian Language in Holland (1:46)
Anglo-Saxon Invasions in Britain (1:56)
English Spoken by the Welsh (3:31)
Celtic Languages (2:10)
Old English: Dutch, English, and German Influences (3:17)
Evidence of Old English in Modern English (3:16)
"Beowulf" in Old English (1:25)
Christianity's Influence on Language and Danish Invasions (2:43)
Viking Remnants in England and English Language (4:02)
Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon English (4:37)
England Falls to France: French Language Prevails (4:24)
Proliferation of English Among Norman Invaders (3:18)
Norman Conquest: Linguistic Blessing (2:07)
Norman Influence on English Language Structure (1:11)
Geoffrey Chaucer's Influence on English (3:41)
William Caxton: First English Language Press (4:09)
Fifteenth-Century English (3:43)
From the eVideo
Shakespeare: Diction of Everyday Speech (5:12)
Shakespeare's Works: Every Kind of English (4:13)
Shakespeare's Inventiveness and Creativity With Language (4:20)
Sounds of Elizabethan Speech (5:31)
Sounds of Elizabethan Speech (3:14)
King James' Authorized Translation of the Bible (5:51)
Roanoke and Jamestown Settlements (4:14)
American Language Communities Using West Country English (5:42)
English of Early American Settlers (3:24)
East Anglian English: Roots of Puritan English (4:06)
East Anglian English: Roots of Puritan English (4:01)
American English (3:59)
From the eVideo
Scottish Tongue: Oldest in Britain (2:51)
Scots Storyteller: Oral Tradition (1:43)
Sir Robert Burns Saves the Scots Tongue (2:44)
Loss of Scots Tongue from 1600s Onward (3:40)
Scots: Variety of English (3:05)
Who Are the Scots-Irish? (3:25)
Scots-Irish Variety of English (4:51)
Words of Ulster English (1:34)
Scots-Irish: From Ulster to Colonial America (2:36)
Scots-Irish in Colonial America (2:11)
Scots-Irish Pronunciations in the Appalachians (2:29)
Remnants of Broad Appalachian Accent (3:32)
Scots-Irish Accent in Middle America and Country Western Music (5:31)
Scottish Highlanders and Scottish-Gaelic Speech (5:47)
British Assault on Gaelic Culture (3:09)
Scottish Highlands in British Regiments (3:22)
Scottish Highlanders In the Service of English (1:00)
From the eVideo
African Origins of Black American English (3:44)
Gullah Language (5:01)
Pidgin English in Africa (4:01)
African Creole (4:46)
Plantation Creole (5:38)
Black Influence on Southern Speech (5:25)
Gullah, Jive, and Jazz (6:13)
Harlem Jazz (3:52)
Poetry and Speeches About the Black Condition (4:05)
Black English vs. Standardized English (4:32)
Street English and Language Change (3:47)
Street Rappers and Black English (2:58)
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Political Revolutionaries: Language Revolutionaries (4:52)
Canadian English (6:03)
Jargon of American River Society (6:39)
American Lexicon: Words from The Rockies and the Gold Rush (5:17)
Language of the Old West: Spanish and Native American Influence (4:58)
Transcontinental Railroad: New Horizons for American English (5:48)
Mark Twain's Influence on American English (2:16)
Italian Influence on American English (4:34)
German Influence on American English (3:22)
Jewish/Yiddish Influence on American English (5:54)
WWI and H.L. Mencken Influence the American Lexicon (4:09)
From the eVideo
Cockney English Throughout the World (2:46)
Dictionary of Cockney English (5:03)
Cockney Slang (3:06)
Elizabethan Roots of Cockney English (4:31)
Importance of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (3:43)
English Accent of the Upper Classes (4:11)
Cyclical Language Changes (2:45)
Pidgin English in Australia (2:38)
London English in Australia (4:16)
Egalitarian English Accent in Australia (3:38)
Australian English (4:03)
Australian Humor Builds Pride in Australian English (4:44)
Australian English and Cultural Identity (3:08)
Australians: Proud of Their English (5:23)
From the eVideo
Irish Gaelic Speakers in Ireland (3:32)
Irish Gaelic: Oral Tradition (3:04)
Gaelic: Sign of Irish Patriotism (1:59)
Gaelic Gives Way to English Language (4:21)
English Settlements in Ireland and Blarney Stone (1:34)
What Is the Irish Accent of English? (3:35)
Emigration of the Irish (3:02)
English: Linguistic Advantage in Ireland (2:52)
Potato Famine: Linguistic Effects (2:23)
Playwright J.M. Synge: Irish English Dialog (4:28)
James Joyce: Flavor and Intonation of Dublin Accent (4:06)
James Joyce: "Finnegan's Wake" (2:39)
Irish Immigrants in Liverpool (2:38)
Influence of the Irish in New York (3:33)
Irish Descendants: Pilgrimage to Ireland (2:39)
Language as Political Weapon (3:25)
Irish Gaelic in Northern Ireland (3:12)
Irish English Endures (0:57)
From the eVideo
Overview of Pidgins (4:12)
Pidgin: Improvised Contact Language (3:36)
New Guinea: Pidgin and Creole (3:00)
African Pidgins (2:39)
Sierra Leone: Pidgin English (Krio) (4:43)
Barbados: Pidgin English(Bajan) (6:23)
Jamaican English: Creole (5:54)
Jamaican Creole Written Down in Dub Poetry (2:45)
Jamaican Blacks in London Speak Creole (4:03)
Immigrants from Indian Subcontinent in Britain (2:42)
Spoken English in Calcutta (3:58)
India's English Language Newspapers (4:22)
Indian English: Promotion by Writers (5:21)
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