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Title:
The language of empire [videorecording] / written and presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
Copyright Date:
c2004
Description:
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
English language--History.
Other Authors:
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Summary:
"This enhanced DVD explores how the British Empire exported its language around the globe and how different forms of speech and vocabulary, as well as different attitudes to English, developed out of colonial expansion. Rich variations of dialect, accent, and slang are heard in many samples from India, the Caribbean, and Australia."--Container.
Series:
The adventure of English: 500 A.D. to 2000 A.D. ; [7]
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56492612
Locations:
OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

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