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Title:

The Global tongue [videorecording] : English / BBC, the Open University ; producer, Paul Manners.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

English language--Social aspects--Foreign countries.
Communication, International.
Intercultural communication
Language and culture.
Language, Universal
Popular culture--American influences.
Television--Social aspects.
Advertising--Social aspects.
Internet (Computer network)--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Manners, Paul,
Hall, Stuart.
Crystal, David, 1941-
Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna.
Tuerk, Penny.
Das, Shobha.
Rampton, Ben, 1953-
Marcus, Jonathan.
Armstrong, Peter,
Vittachi, Anuradha.

Notes:

Stuart Hall, David Crystal, Ulrike Meinhof, Penny Tuerk, Shobha Das, Ben Rampton, Jonathan Marcus, Peter Armstrong, Anuradha Vittachi.

Summary:

English is now the dominant language spoken by over a billion people with nearly as many speaking English as a second language as there are native speakers. This program looks at the different contexts and countries in which the English language dominates education, pop music, advertising, and the Internet. It explores the pros and cons of this dominance and the ways in which it is actually changing the English language.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40192151

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)