Identity

Summary What is it that defines us? Stephen argues that above all, it is the way we speak. Be it a national language, a regional dialect or even class variation - we interpret and define ourselves through our language. From markets in Kenya to call centres in Newcastle, Stephen charts the shifting patterns of lingua franca and the inexorable spread of Globish (Global English).

S1.E2 ∙ Identity

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Brian Blessed Stephen Fry Steven Pinker Robert McCrum

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 1, 2011

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English Klingon Esperanto

Production companies : Sprout Pictures

Summary What is it that defines us? Stephen argues that above all, it is the way we speak. Be it a national language, a regional dialect or even class variation - we interpret and define ourselves through our language. From markets in Kenya to call centres in Newcastle, Stephen charts the shifting patterns of lingua franca and the inexorable spread of Globish (Global English).

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 1, 2011

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English Klingon Esperanto

Production companies : Sprout Pictures

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