Vernacular+language
31vernacular — noun 1) he wrote in the vernacular to reach a wider audience Syn: everyday language, colloquial language, conversational language, common parlance, demotic, lay terms 2) informal the preppy vernacular of Orange County Syn: language, dialect, re …
32vernacular — UK [və(r)ˈnækjʊlə(r)] / US [vərˈnækjələr] noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms vernacular : singular vernacular plural vernaculars the language spoken by a particular group or in a particular area, when it is different from the formal… …
33vernacular — 1. noun /vəˈnæk.jə.lə,vəˈnæk.jʊ.lə,vɚˈnæk.jə.lɚ/ a) The language of a people, a national language. The vernacular of the United States is English. b) Everyday speech, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary …
34language — lan•guage [[t]ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) ling. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the French language[/ex] 2) ling. a)… …
35vernacular — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tongue, dialect; argot, slang. See speech. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Indigenous] Syn. native, ingrained, inherent, domesticated; see native 2 , natural 1 . 2. [Informal] Syn. colloquial, vulgar,… …
36vernacular — ver•nac•u•lar [[t]vərˈnæk yə lər, vəˈnæk [/t]] adj. 1) ling. (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned) 2) ling. expressed or written in the native language of a place 3) ling. of, pertaining to, or using such a language… …
37vernacular — ver|nac|u|lar [ vər nækjələr ] noun count usually singular the language spoken by a particular group or in a particular area, when it is different from the formal written language: The vernacular of the coastal region is based on English.… …
38vernacular — ver·nac·u·lar || vÉ™r nækjÉ™lÉ™(r) /vÉ™ nækjÊŠlÉ™ n. local language of a particular place; regular spoken language (as opposed to literary language); speech that is characteristic to a certain field; ordinary terms for organisms that also… …
39vernacular — n. & adj. n. 1 the language or dialect of a particular country (Latin gave place to the vernacular). 2 the language of a particular clan or group. 3 homely speech. adj. 1 (of language) of one s native country; not of foreign origin or of learned… …
40Language death — In linguistics, language death (also language extinction or linguistic extinction, and rarely linguicide or glottophagy[1]) is a process that affects speech communities where the level of linguistic competence that speakers possess of a given… …
