Birth of a language
Melvyn Bragg begins the story of English in Holland, finding ancestral echoes in the Frisian dialect. What follows is a chapter on survival as the English language weathers Viking and Norman invasions, vying with and eventually absorbing rival tongues. Lively settings such as village pubs and market...
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Format: | Electronic Video |
Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2006]
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Series: | Adventure of English--500 A.D. to 2000 A.D.
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Streaming video (Wentworth users only) |