The Resource Birth of a language, written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, (videorecording)
Birth of a language, written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, (videorecording)
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The item Birth of a language, written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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 markets bring home the lasting influence of Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, and Old French. The connection between Christianity, Latin, and an alphabet is explored, as well as the role of the language's first champion, King Alfred the Great. Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney reads from and discusses the first epic in English, Beowulf."--Container
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- DVD edition.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (51 min.)
- Note
- Public performance rights
- Contents
-
- English's expedition
- English's natural roots
- Westward, ho!
- Latin lovers
- Putting pen to paper
- Take away the danish!
- From oral to written law
- The first Normandy invasion
- Label
- Birth of a language
- Title
- Birth of a language
- Statement of responsibility
- written and presented by Melvyn Bragg
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 markets bring home the lasting influence of Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, and Old French. The connection between Christianity, Latin, and an alphabet is explored, as well as the role of the language's first champion, King Alfred the Great. Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney reads from and discusses the first epic in English, Beowulf."--Container
- Cataloging source
- ZWC
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Dewey number
- 420.9
- Language note
- Closed captioned
- LC call number
- PE1075
- LC item number
- .B617 2004
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Bragg, Melvyn
- Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
- Runtime
- 51
- Series statement
- Adventure of English--500 A.D. to 2000 A.D.
- Series volume
- [1]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- English language
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Birth of a language, written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, (videorecording)
- Note
- Public performance rights
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- English's expedition -- English's natural roots -- Westward, ho! -- Latin lovers -- Putting pen to paper -- Take away the danish! -- From oral to written law -- The first Normandy invasion
- Control code
- ocm56484115
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- DVD edition.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (51 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Note
- 420.9 B539 ; P ; XX-D ; 1 DVD/1 AW ; SA ; Col. ; CC ; PPR ; D01Z ; OS0910 (wjm)
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- 33217
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 56484115
- (Sirsi) 56484115
- (OCoLC)56484115
- System details
- DVD
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Birth of a language, written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, (videorecording)
- Note
- Public performance rights
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- English's expedition -- English's natural roots -- Westward, ho! -- Latin lovers -- Putting pen to paper -- Take away the danish! -- From oral to written law -- The first Normandy invasion
- Control code
- ocm56484115
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- DVD edition.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (51 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Note
- 420.9 B539 ; P ; XX-D ; 1 DVD/1 AW ; SA ; Col. ; CC ; PPR ; D01Z ; OS0910 (wjm)
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- 33217
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 56484115
- (Sirsi) 56484115
- (OCoLC)56484115
- System details
- DVD
- Video recording format
- DVD
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