vernacular
vernakular
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.
example
He reinterpreted the island's 'vernacular' architecture which had long fascinated him.
One has a roof of fan-shaped shingles, reminiscent of the curved terracotta tiles typical of Kent and Sussex 'vernacular' architecture.
Except for the 'vernacular' architecture, it doesn't look all that different from west Texas.
Is there a 'vernacular' architecture or way of arranging space, particularly in the holy city, which has been developed or erected by devotees?
Here is what I believe to be the 'vernacular' understanding of the difference between shame, humiliation and embarrassment.
And a distinctive style it is: the romantic, aspiring skyscrapers our cover evokes are the true New York architectural 'vernacular' .
This effort is further complicated by 'vernacular' language that presents its own challenges.
They simply called them theotisci, those who speak the 'vernacular' , the language of the people (theod).
Using the vernacular means the church, when it teaches the language, teaches the 'vernacular' .
Informed by simple rural 'vernacular' buildings, Sydney's Equestrian Centre forms part of a new regional park.
This issue is particularly important in the case of 'vernacular' dialects such as AAVE or Caribbean Creoles.
Regional variants to the 'vernacular' revival style took account of local materials and building traditions.
I hope that others can assemble the jagged rhythms of my stories to unlearn common misperceptions about 'vernacular' English.
They introduced rhythm and rhyme into medieval poetry and wrote both in Latin and in the 'vernacular' .
As a result, most children in Kenya are fluent in both languages, in addition to the 'vernacular' spoken at home.
His writing is unquestionably an authentic representation of black street life, especially his mastery of ghetto 'vernacular' .
In Virginia, he discovered and embraced the black southern 'vernacular' as his enduring field of influence, themes, values, forms, and reference.
The pragmatic modernism of the architecture marries well with the unfussy 'vernacular' of the old barn.
Mellors is capable of approximating the language of his lord and lady; but for him, ordinary English is the 'vernacular' .
There are early monuments of 'vernacular' literature from the Middle Ages, as well, that enlighten the study of medieval Europe as a whole.
Packed with wisdom, 'vernacular' language, and family lore, Redemption Song is a story about the curative power of love.
I don't think so - not in the popular 'vernacular' sense of that expression.
In terms of architecture, 'vernacular' buildings are seen as the opposite of whatever is academic, high style, polite.
It is part of a 'vernacular' literature that goes back unbroken to the fifth or sixth century, possibly earlier, and survives to this day.
The state's prime purpose in making the 'vernacular' English Bible accessible to ordinary people was to promote obedience.
Linguistically, In the Mecca juxtaposes standard English with the 'vernacular' and the language of the streets.
Playful terms transfer the 'vernacular' of the laboratory to the more formal written language of publications.
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.
This is an example of a pattern that is half a millennium old, and is still potent in the 'vernacular' as well as in formal usage.
I'm speaking in the 'vernacular' and simplifying, but that is really what happens.
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