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"Pioneers O! Pioneers!" [videorecording] / by Cran, William.; Ducat, Vivian.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.Shows the evolution of American English from the revolutionary war through the roaring twenties. Explains that as the American frontier expanded westward, frontiersmen and women, riverboaters, gold miners, and others enlarged and enriched the traditional vocabulary, as did the great emigrations of the nineteenth century.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: Americanisms; English language;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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An English speaking world [videorecording] / by Cran, William.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.Discussion of the English language's use as an international medium of communication in such fields as science publishing, aviation, navigation, and international commerce and manufacturing.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: English language; English language; English language;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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Mother tongue [videorecording] / by Cran, William.; Ducat, Vivian.; Reid, Howard.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.The development of the English language from the invasion of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons to the time of Geoffrey Chaucer.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: English language; English language;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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A Muse of fire [videorecording] / by Cran, William.; Pett, John.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.Documentary on the forces which influenced the development of the English language during Elizabethan times, and the expansion of English vocabulary through borrowing terms from other languages.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: English language; English language; English language; English language;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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The Guid Scots tongue [videorecording] / by Cran, William.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.The Scottish influence on the English language in Britain and on the spread and sound of English in the new world is traced.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: English language; English language; Scots language; English language;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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Black on white [videorecording] / by Cran, William.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.Documentary on the evolution of Black English which has also made a rich and vital contribution to the English language as a whole.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: Black English.; English language; English language; African languages; English language;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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The Muvver tongue [videorecording] / by Cran, William.; Ducat, Vivian.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.Documentary on the spread and influence of English throughout the British Empire and its development in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, particularly in the 19th century.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: English language; English language; English language; English language;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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The Loaded weapon [videorecording] / by Dale, Peter.; Cran, William.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum. Series producer: William Cran.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.An investigation into the Irish influence on both British and American speech, and the spread of Irish speech patterns over wide areas.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: English language; English language; Irish language; English language;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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Next year's words [videorecording] : a look into the future / by Cran, William.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Library Video Classics Project.;

Series writer: Robert McCrum.Presenter and co-writer: Robert MacNeil.Future trends for the English language, as projected from subordinate dialects such as pidgin, patois, creole, and Black English.Secondary to adult.VHS.

Subjects: English language; English language; English language; Pidgin English.; Black English.;

© 1988, c1986., The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project,

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The Story of English [videorecording] / by Cran, William.; McCrum, Robert.; MacNeil, Robert,1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Films Incorporated.;

[1] An English speaking world -- [2] Mother tongue --[3] A Muse of fire --[4] The Guid Scots tongue -- [5] Black on white -- [6] Pioneers O! Pioneers! -- [7] The Muvver tongue --[8] The Loaded weapon -- [9] Next year's words.Producer, William Cran ; series writer, Robert McCrum ; host and co-writer, Robert MacNeil.Details the history of the English language and provides a unique focus on current English usage worldwide with a special emphasis on American English.

Subjects: English language; English language; English language;

© c1986., Films Incorporated [distributor],

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