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Many Tongues called english, one world language
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This program explores how America's rise as an economic power made it the driving force behind the spread of English in the 20th century. A world tour illustrates how English has mixed with other l...
This program explores how America's rise as an economic power made it the driving force behind the spread of English in the 20th century. A world tour illustrates how English has mixed with other languages-from "Franglais" in France to "Singlish" in Singapore-and how the dollar's power, coupled with the lure of consumerism, has made English the international trade language. Bringing it full circle, host Melvyn Bragg returns to the British Isles to survey English as it is spoken there now, measuring the influence of American slang and vocabulary from other languages.
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- Creator
- ITV Productions
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c2003
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col., digital
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780736592475
- OCLC
- ocn709669199
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Jan. 11, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- English: A Global Language (4:08) -- World War I Shifts Power to American English (3:18) -- Music Brings Black English into Mainstream English (2:47) -- European Immigrants Influence American English (2:28) -- Movies Spread American English (2:15) -- Language Enriched by American Soldiers in WWII (4:12) -- English Becomes a Global Language (1:48) -- Economics Helps English Spread Globally (2:35) -- Statistics for the Spread of English Today (1:54) -- English Used for International Documents (4:40) -- Singlish in Singapore (2:12) -- English in the British Isles Today (4:37) -- English in Glasgow (4:19) -- South Asian Population in Bradford (2:36) -- Oxford English Dictionary (3:40) -- English Language Continues to Evolve (2:22)