vernacular
白话
definition
noun
he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience
the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular
architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings.
adjective
Instead it will become regarded historically as a document that knowingly accelerated the demise of vernacular language usage in the Northern Territory.
(of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.
This activity can remind us that vernacular architecture is one cornerstone of our identity.
(of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings.
translation of 'vernacular'
noun
乡音,
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example
I identified with his heroes, laughed at his jokes, loved the 'vernacular' power and rhythm of his prose.
Both were presidents of the Upper Wharfedale Field Society and involved in 'vernacular' architecture.
Linguistically, In the Mecca juxtaposes standard English with the 'vernacular' and the language of the streets.
It is, in the comic book 'vernacular' , a superhero ‘origin’ story, and represents one of the most unique and credible ones ever brought to the screen.
They simply called them theotisci, those who speak the 'vernacular' , the language of the people (theod).
If anything, it responds to an entirely different 'vernacular' - that of the campus's former function as an air base.
Playful terms transfer the 'vernacular' of the laboratory to the more formal written language of publications.
Lewis and her editor have created a magazine for ‘insiders’ - or, to use the tired fashion 'vernacular' , the ‘in - crowd’.
It is predominantly an adaptation of Cotswold 'vernacular' architecture with pure arts and crafts embellishments.
I don't think so - not in the popular 'vernacular' sense of that expression.
One has a roof of fan-shaped shingles, reminiscent of the curved terracotta tiles typical of Kent and Sussex 'vernacular' architecture.
Instead it will become regarded historically as a document that knowingly accelerated the demise of 'vernacular' language usage in the Northern Territory.
Here is what I believe to be the 'vernacular' understanding of the difference between shame, humiliation and embarrassment.
Most of the town's new developments fit quietly into the local 'vernacular' , but some architects are trying to break the mould.
Using NWA's original lyrics, Hack has no opportunity to parody the hip hop 'vernacular' , as these rejected video scripts would appear to do.
I think the colonial language or the 'vernacular' that I use in the novel comes directly from that research.
The introduction of English words into the 'vernacular' dialects will gradually diminish the distance between the scientific and popular language.
Like Carter, Ruth performs signifiers of whiteness: she wears light colored clothing and eschews black 'vernacular' English.
The juxtaposition of an austere exterior and grand interior is characteristic of the local 'vernacular' tradition.
The pragmatic modernism of the architecture marries well with the unfussy 'vernacular' of the old barn.
Of that half, translations from French lead the next-most-frequent 'vernacular' language, Italian, by a ratio of about six to one.
My familiarity with the richness and variety of 'vernacular' language inevitably led me to become a proponent of orality in literacy.
French, whose use has been protested by Kanak nationalists, is used in politics; 'vernacular' languages are reserved for private life.
This issue is particularly important in the case of 'vernacular' dialects such as AAVE or Caribbean Creoles.
Not only does Hurston allow rural Black Floridians to tell their own folktales, but she presents their tales in Black 'vernacular' speech.
They wrote in Latin as well as in their various 'vernacular' dialects.
Packed with wisdom, 'vernacular' language, and family lore, Redemption Song is a story about the curative power of love.
However, the 'vernacular' which is spoken in most informal and family contexts is Creole.
For our French and German visitors, we have some information in their 'vernacular' language which can be read in the museum.
The replacement of a sacred language with the 'vernacular' in English worship made religious reflection unavoidable.
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