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Our changing language

Access: 
By Request
Subject Languages: 
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
English
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
English
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Middle English (1100-1500)
Locations: 
United Kingdom
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
On Side A of the disc the history of the development of English before its introduction to America is recalled. On Side B the history of the development of the language in the U.S. and Canada is illustrated with twelve dialect samples gathered by Mrs. Evelyn Gott in both the U.S.A. and Canada.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape was dubbed from the 33⅓ rpm vinyl disc (issued in 1965), Cat. No. EMC Corporation 23843, lent to the LLA in 1975. The (photocopied) notes from the back of the album are filed under “ENG G.1.1”. The WAVE files are converted to MP3s.
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The sounds of Chaucer’s English

Access: 
By Request
Subject Languages: 
Middle English (1100-1500)
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Middle English (1100-1500)
English
Locations: 
United Kingdom
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Introduction; Consonants; Vowels; Selections 1-5 of Series I of the Canterbury Tales (i.e., excerpts from: General Prologue, Knight’s Tale, Miller’s Tale and Reeve’s Tale), read fluently, then with pauses for repetition
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The sounds of Chaucer’s English: a study pamphlet and script to accompany an instructional recording

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By Request
Subject Languages: 
Middle English (1100-1500)
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Middle English (1100-1500)
English
Locations: 
United Kingdom
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Outline; Backgrounds: History of English, Chaucer’s English, etc. Phonology; Table of Vowel Equivalents; Record Script and Notes; Selections from: “The Book of the Duchess”, “The Parliament of Fowls”, “Troilus and Criseyde”, and “The Canterbury Tales”.
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Early English poetry [Old and Middle English]

Access: 
By Request
Primary Languages: 
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Languages: 
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Middle English (1100-1500)
Locations: 
United Kingdom
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
“Caedmon’s Hymn”, “Battle of Maldon”, “The Seafarer”,;Beowulf [excerpts], “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” and “Canterbury–Wife’s Tale” [sic]
Collection Technical Notes: 
Note: Dunn's identity as recordist is not clear. Master [3.75 ips, half-track] is Track One of a tape dubbed (probably in the Old Lab) from a phonograph record identified only as "FL 9851". Note: this tape is also entered under ENGLISH, OLD.
Contributor: 
Dunn, C.W. (?)