vernacular
ਬੋਲੀ
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
With their straightforward gestures and careful response to the site, the firm's buildings mix modern and 'vernacular' forms.
I identified with his heroes, laughed at his jokes, loved the 'vernacular' power and rhythm of his prose.
I don't think so - not in the popular 'vernacular' sense of that expression.
French, whose use has been protested by Kanak nationalists, is used in politics; 'vernacular' languages are reserved for private life.
‘Sloan,’ used as a noun, should be poised to enter the 'vernacular' as slang for ‘many things to many people.’
The pragmatic modernism of the architecture marries well with the unfussy 'vernacular' of the old barn.
No record remains of the education that gave Chaucer lifelong familiarity with Latin and several 'vernacular' languages and literatures.
Similar results have been found where the 'vernacular' is a non-standard variety.
Lewis and her editor have created a magazine for ‘insiders’ - or, to use the tired fashion 'vernacular' , the ‘in - crowd’.
Over the past 20 years, the artist has increasingly brought 'vernacular' architecture and decoration into his sculptures.
Informed by simple rural 'vernacular' buildings, Sydney's Equestrian Centre forms part of a new regional park.
One has a roof of fan-shaped shingles, reminiscent of the curved terracotta tiles typical of Kent and Sussex 'vernacular' architecture.
Most of the houses are bungalows or two-storey buildings, and all will be built in keeping with Arran's architectural 'vernacular' .
For example, in the case of Li Po, or Li Bai, his poetry is very accessible, because he uses ordinary language, 'vernacular' that everyone can understand.
Playful terms transfer the 'vernacular' of the laboratory to the more formal written language of publications.
Packed with wisdom, 'vernacular' language, and family lore, Redemption Song is a story about the curative power of love.
They wrote in Latin as well as in their various 'vernacular' dialects.
The list for 2005 includes buildings that range from modest to grand, from 'vernacular' to modern.
I think the colonial language or the 'vernacular' that I use in the novel comes directly from that research.
Many 'vernacular' items tended to imitate known work of professional photographers.
The key point to remember is that biological altruism cannot be equated with altruism in the everyday 'vernacular' sense.
In golf 'vernacular' , they suffer from a condition called ‘rabbit ears.’
Publishing of books in 'vernacular' languages still dominates the domestic industry.
A key example of this for Papanek is 'vernacular' architecture and housing.
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.
She ventures into a religious subculture's rhetorical world and returns with a thick description of fundamentalist 'vernacular' .
‘X far from fulfils the promise of Y’ is not a 'vernacular' construction - nobody talks like that.
In terms of architecture, 'vernacular' buildings are seen as the opposite of whatever is academic, high style, polite.
As a painting student, I wanted to reference the landscape and things in the landscape, mostly the 'vernacular' architecture, in my painting.
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