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The mother tongue

Summary: 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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2007], c1986.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS television mini-series, The story of English in 1986.
DVD is a chaptered transfer from the original analog master.
Formatted Contents Note: Birth of the Indo-European language -- Birth of English in the British Isles -- The influences of Old English -- The dark ages -- The influences of Middle English -- Chaucer -- "Standardized" English -- "Dramatized" English.
Participant or Performer Note: Hosted by Robert MacNeil.
System Details Note:
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD equipment.
Subject: English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100
English language -- History
English language -- Etymology
ENGLISH LITERATURE
ANTHROPOLOGY

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Lansdowne Library PE 1075 S7666 2007 (Text) 26040003122229 Media Volume hold Available -

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