A Muse of Fire (The Story of English episode 3) (1986)
Subject
English language--History
English language--Variation
English language--Early modern, 1500-1700
URL
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Part 5
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Part 6
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Part 7
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Description
Content description from Worldcat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/muse-of-fire/oclc/1048850414):
As the landscape of the New World awakened England's imagination, so did a new landscape of words-in the English of William Shakespeare and the King James Bible. This classic PBS program describes the spread of English to North America and explains how Shakespeare's prodigious vocabulary filled the language with startling new words, phrases, and constructions. Recording strong echoes of Shakespearean English in the little villages lying near Stratford, the program also describes the making of the Authorized Version of the Bible-the only great work of literature ever created by committee-and examines the linguistic dissent perpetrated by the Puritans.
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Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
The Muvver Tongue (The Story of English episode 7) (1986)
Subject
Linguistics--History
English language--Pronunciation
URL
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Description
Content description from Films.com (https://www.films.com/id/13248):
In the 19th century, English spread throughout the British Empire—but which English? This classic PBS program traces the roots of white Commonwealth English to Cockney, the language of London’s working class. Explaining the influence of Cockney on modern, standardized speech, the program shows how, in fact, the accents of BBC English are gradually becoming modified by Cockney speech characteristics like the glottal stop. Resemblances between the accents of New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and the Falkland Islands are also explored, highlighting major aspects of the colonial language—along with traces of aboriginal tongues nearly eclipsed by English.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape