The Strange Case Of The English Language

Duration: :48

Year Published: 1968

Creator: CBS NEWS

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: One way to learn about the idiosyncrasies of the English language, as it is spoken and written today, is to study film clips of noted public figures. CBS's Harry Reasoner comments on John F. Kennedy, Everett Dirksen, Billy Graham, and many others. Sequences used help to point up stylistic quirks and overuse of pet phrases. Interviews with various language experts are also featured., States that the English language is a useful communications tool and cautions against its misuse. Relates three reasons for language misuse: the speaker does not know what he wants to say, the speaker uses a poor choice of words to express his thoughts, and the listener does not understand. Examines the use of repetition, alliteration, stuttering, metaphorical language, profanity and vulgar expressions, fashionable vocabularies, and differences between the spoken and written language. Presents for analysis a number of speeches by Winston Churchill, Everett Dirksen, John F. Kennedy, William Buckley, and others.

Complete Record: One way to learn about the idiosyncrasies of the English language, as it is spoken and written today, is to study film clips of noted public figures. CBS's Harry Reasoner comments on John F. Kennedy, Everett Dirksen, Billy Graham, and many others. Sequences used help to point up stylistic quirks and overuse of pet phrases. Interviews with various language experts are also featured., States that the English language is a useful communications tool and cautions against its misuse. Relates three reasons for language misuse: the speaker does not know what he wants to say, the speaker uses a poor choice of words to express his thoughts, and the listener does not understand. Examines the use of repetition, alliteration, stuttering, metaphorical language, profanity and vulgar expressions, fashionable vocabularies, and differences between the spoken and written language. Presents for analysis a number of speeches by Winston Churchill, Everett Dirksen, John F. Kennedy, William Buckley, and others.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.