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- Next year's words [videorecording] : a look into the future / by Cran, William.(CARDINAL)185744; MacNeil, Robert,1931-(CARDINAL)159113; McCrum, Robert.(CARDINAL)145690; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.(CARDINAL)206887; PMI/Films Incorporated.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Producer, William Cran ; series writer, Robert McCrum ; host and co-writer, Robert MacNeil.A look at what the future holds for the English language.Ages 15-Adults.VHS.- Subjects: English language.;
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- The Mother tongue [videorecording] / by Cran, William.(CARDINAL)185744; MacNeil, Robert,1931-(CARDINAL)159113; McCrum, Robert.(CARDINAL)145690; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.(CARDINAL)206887; PMI/Films Incorporated.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Producer, William Cran ; series writer, Robert McCrum ; host and co-writer, Robert MacNeil.Explains how the speech of a few Germanic tribes blended with that of Viking and Norman invaders to become the English language. Examines the importance of Chaucer to the development of an English literature.Ages 15-Adults.VHS.- Subjects: English language; English language; English literature;
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- Pioneers O! pioneers [videorecording] / by MacNeil, Robert,1931-(CARDINAL)159113; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.(CARDINAL)206887; PMI/Films Incorporated.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Photographer, David South ; consultants, Robert Burchfield, Stuart Flexner, Randolph Quirk.Describes the evolution of American English from the Revolutionary War through the 1920's and the contribution of slang terms from segments of the population, such as riverboat men, gamblers, cowboys, etc., along with the foreign influence of the 1900's immigrants. Points out differences between American and Canadian English.Ages 15-Adults.VHS.- Subjects: Americanisms.; Canadianisms.; English language; English language; English language;
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- A Muse of fire [videorecording] / by Cran, William.(CARDINAL)185744; MacNeil, Robert,1931-(CARDINAL)159113; McCrum, Robert.(CARDINAL)145690; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.(CARDINAL)206887; PMI/Films Incorporated.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
Producer, William Cran ; series writer, Robert McCrum ; host and co-writer, Robert MacNeil ; photographer, John Goodyer ; film editors, John Lee, Alastair Mitchell, Denise Perrin ; music, Stephen Oliver.Focuses on the emergence of the English nation in the 1500's during the reigns of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and James I. Describes the spread of its language into the New World and examines the lifestyle of the colonists who came to the United States in the 1600's.Ages 15-Adult.VHS.- Subjects: English language; English language;
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