"New Day (novel) New Day is a 1949 book by Jamaican author V. S. Reid. It was Reid's first novel. ""New Day"" deals with the political history of Jamaica as told by a character named Campbell, who is a boy at the time of the Morant Bay Rebellion (in 1865) and an old man during its final chapters. It may have been the first novel to use Jamaican vernacular as its language of narration. Reid employed the Jamaican dialect as a springboard for creating a distinctive literary variant and for achieving a greater depth in the English language. Reid was"
"be but Dialects to these. Here, vernacular, mother language and dialect are already in use in a modern sense. According to Merriam-Webster, ""vernacular"" was brought into the English language as early as 1601 from the Latin ""vernaculus"" (""native"") which had been in figurative use in Classical Latin as ""national"" and ""domestic"", having originally been derived from ""vernus"" and ""verna"", a male or female slave respectively born in the house rather than abroad. The figurative meaning was broadened from the diminutive extended words ""vernaculus, vernacula"". Varro, the classical Latin grammarian, used the term ""vocabula vernacula"", ""termes de la langue nationale"" or"
"Vernacular geography Vernacular geography is the sense of place that is revealed in ordinary people's language. Current research by the Ordnance Survey is attempting to understand the landmarks, streets, open spaces, water bodies, landforms, fields, woods, and many other topological features. These commonly used descriptive terms do not necessarily use the official or current names for features; and often these concepts of places don't have clear, rigid boundaries. For example, sometimes the same name may refer to more than one feature, and sometimes people in a locality use more than one name for the same feature. When people refer to"
"vernacular idioms that are learned, taught, shared, and passed-on by ear and in the memory."" The Center was founded on the model of the Indiana University Latin American Music Center and Early Music Institute. The term ""vernacular"" is employed in its title in order to explicitly, directly allude to ""vernacular languages""—those languages used for commonplace communication—and in order to avoid potentially limiting terms such as ""folk,"" ""traditional,"" or ""non-Western."" The Center partners with campus and community groups on the local, regional, national, and international level. These include: Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, the Country Dance and Song Society, the Bay Area Country"
"in the people's daily lives. The program has been so successful that similar programs have been based on it. See Māori language revival. In Europe, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the use of both local and learned languages declined as the central governments of the different states imposed their vernacular language as the standard throughout education and official use (this was the case in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and Greece, and to some extent, in Germany and Austria-Hungary). In the last few decades, local nationalism and human rights movements have made a more multicultural policy standard"
"Vernacular culture Vernacular culture is the cultural forms made and organised by ordinary, often indigenous people, as distinct from the high culture of an elite. One feature of vernacular culture is that it is informal. Such culture is generally engaged in on a non-profit and voluntary basis, and is almost never funded by the state The term is used in the modern study of geography and cultural studies. It generally implies a cultural form that differs markedly from a deeply rooted folk culture, and also from tightly organised subcultures and religious cultures. One could also include the design of home-made"
"African-American Vernacular English African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), known less precisely as Black Vernacular, Black English Vernacular (BEV), Black Vernacular English (BVE), or colloquially Ebonics (a controversial term), is the variety (dialect, ethnolect and sociolect) of English natively spoken by most working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians, particularly in urban communities. Having its own unique grammatical, vocabulary, and accent features, African-American Vernacular English is employed by middle-class African Americans as the more informal and casual end of a sociolinguistic continuum; on the formal end of this continuum, middle-class African-Americans switch to more standard English grammar and vocabulary, usually"
"languages which are native to one nation (often a colonial power) but used as a second language for communication between groups. Lingua Franca is a functional term, independent of any linguistic history or language structure. Whereas a vernacular language is the native language of a specific geographical community, a lingua franca is used beyond the boundaries of its original community, for trade, religious, political or academic reasons. For example, English is a vernacular in the United Kingdom but is used as a lingua franca in the Philippines. Arabic, French, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian, serve a similar purpose as"
"land under the jurisdiction of a particular urban government that is clearly delineated on a regional map by a line distinguishing between one jurisdiction and another. Vernacular, popular or perceptual cultural regions are those perceived to exist by their inhabitants, as is evident by the widespread acceptance and use of a distinctive regional name. Some vernacular regions are based on physical environmental features; others find their basis in economic, political or historical characteristics. Vernacular regions, like most culture regions, generally lack sharp borders, and the inhabitants of any given area may claim residence in more than one such region. It"
"modern dialect is known as African-American Vernacular English. African-American Vernacular (AAVE) is the native variety of the vast majority of working- and middle-class African Americans, particularly in urban areas, with its own unique accent, grammar, and vocabulary features. Typical features of the grammar include a ""zero"" copula (e.g., ""she my sister"" instead of ""she's my sister""), simplification of the possessive form (e.g., ""my momma friend"" instead of ""my mom's friend""), and complexification of verb aspects and tenses beyond those of other English dialects (e.g., constructions like ""I'm a-run"", ""I be running"", ""I been runnin"", ""I done ran"", etc.). Common features"
"themselves interconnected by a shared history, mutual interests, and a common identity. Such regions are ""intellectual inventions"" and a form of shorthand to identify things, people, and places. Vernacular regions reflect a ""sense of place,"" but rarely coincide with established jurisdictional borders. Examples of vernacular regions in the United States include Tidewater, also known as Hampton Roads, Siouxland, and the Tri-City area of Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles, Illinois. Another can be the American South, since it can be non-officially considered as the confederate states of the U.S. Civil war, where the climate is warm and has limited snow, or"
"several indigenous languages, belonging to the Arawakan language family, including Ignaciano language. In many communities, the language is used in daily life and taught in beginning primary school grades. A dictionary of Ignaciano Mojeño has been published, and the New Testament was translated into the language in 1980. They are also known as Mojos, Moxos or Moxeños. The previous inhabitants of the region, which before the independence of Bolivia was a single territory called Mojos, were the aboriginal Itonama, Cayuvava, Canichana, Tacanam and Movima. Afterwards, the Moxos or the Moxeños arrived. The Moxos were from the Arawak ethnic group, an"
"Within sociolinguistics, the term ""vernacular"" has been applied to several concepts. Context, therefore, is crucial to determining its intended sense. In variation theory, pioneered by William Labov, language is a large set of styles or registers from which the speaker selects according to the social setting of the moment. The vernacular is ""the least self-conscious style of people in a relaxed conversation"", or ""the most basic style""; that is, casual varieties used spontaneously rather than self-consciously, informal talk used in intimate situations. In other contexts the speaker does conscious work to select the appropriate variations. The one he can use"
"Parr. Vernacular photography Vernacular photography is the creation of photographs that take everyday life and common things as subjects. Though the more commonly known definition of the word ""vernacular"" is a quality of being ""indigenous"" or ""native"", the use of the word in relation to art and architecture refers more to the meaning of the following sub-definition (of vernacular architecture) from The Oxford English Dictionary: """"concerned with ordinary domestic and functional buildings rather than the essentially monumental."""" Examples of vernacular photographs include travel and vacation photos, family snapshots, photos of friends, class portraits, identification photographs, and photo-booth images. Vernacular photographs"
"tribal culture unto themselves. Montauk people historically spoke the Mohegan-Pequot language, also known as the Algonquian Y-dialect, similar to their New England neighbors, the Pequot and the Narragansett. Native Americans living on Long Island are often known in colonial writings by the place name of their geographic territories, such as the Montauk and the Shinnecock, which may or may not be the same as their name for themselves. European colonists tended to mistakenly assume that the different bands they encountered were different tribes, even in cases where the bands clearly shared the same culture and language. The Native Americans of"
"means speech or words – ""have a wawa"" means ""hold a parley"" even in idiomatic English today, and ""lelang"" also means the physical bodypart, the tongue. The name for the Jargon varied throughout the territory in which it was used. For example: ""skokum hiyu"" in the Boston Bar-Lytton area of the Fraser Canyon, or in many areas simply just ""the old trade language"" or ""the Hudson Bay language"". There is some controversy about the origin of the Jargon, but all agree that its glory days were during the 19th century. During this era many dictionaries were published to help settlers"
"own struggles for social, political, economic demands, basic services, cultural rights and defense of their identity, the native groups call themselves, yoko-winik ""the real man"". The Chontal Supreme Council call themselves Yokokiniko ethnia: “real man and natives of these lands”. This Chontal group is a descendant of the Mayans, the so-called Acalan-Tixchel chontales, and today are seated in the municipalities of Nacajuca, Centla, Jonuta, Macuspana and Center, in prehispanic times their presence extended to other municipalities such as Tenosique, Emiliano Zapata, Jalapa, Cardenas and Cunduacán. Yoko ochoco, also known as Chontal Maya, and Acalan, is a Maya language of the"
"geographical regions in a vernacular form they are commonly referred to as imprecise regions. Regions can include large areas of a country such as the American Midwest, the British Midlands, the Swiss Alps, the south east of England and southern California; or smaller areas such as Silicon Valley in northern California. Commonly used descriptions of areas of cities such as a city's downtown district, New York's Upper East Side, London's square mile or the Latin Quarter of Paris can also be viewed as imprecise regions. Beyond ""vernacular geography,"" a ""vernacular region"" is a distinctive area where the inhabitants collectively consider"
"using chosen terms. While a standard term may be given a more precise or unique usage amongst practitioners of relevant disciplines, it is often reported that jargon is a barrier to communication for those people unfamiliar with the respective field. Colloquialism In linguistics, colloquialism is vernacular language including everyday language, everyday speech, common parlance, informal language, colloquial language, general parlance, and common expressions. It is the most used linguistic variety of a language, the language normally used in conversation and other informal communication. A specific instance of such language is called a ""colloquialism"". The most common term used in dictionaries"
"among various peoples that were all speakers of a common language. The first settlers referred to the language as the Indian language because of its general use across the region. They also adopted the local names of peoples and places to refer to the language, including the still common Massachusett, Natick and Wampanoag as well as historical names such as Nonantum, Pokanoket and Aberginian. In linguistic and scholarly domains, Massachusett or Natick are generally more common, although the use of Wampanoag as well as the WLRP revived form '(Wôpanâak),' are appearing more frequently in print and other media due to"
"Vernacular dance Vernacular dances are dances which have developed 'naturally' as a part of 'everyday' culture within a particular community. In contrast to the elite and official culture, vernacular dances are usually learned naturally without formal instruction. alongside with other concepts of vernacular culture. The word 'vernacular' is used here in much the same as it is in reference to vernacular language, defined in contrast to literary or cultured language. Vernacular dances in urban context are commonly referred to as street dances. Some folklorists suggest the term as a more universal replacement of the term ""folk dance"", while others use"
"Vernacular photography Vernacular photography is the creation of photographs that take everyday life and common things as subjects. Though the more commonly known definition of the word ""vernacular"" is a quality of being ""indigenous"" or ""native"", the use of the word in relation to art and architecture refers more to the meaning of the following sub-definition (of vernacular architecture) from The Oxford English Dictionary: """"concerned with ordinary domestic and functional buildings rather than the essentially monumental."""" Examples of vernacular photographs include travel and vacation photos, family snapshots, photos of friends, class portraits, identification photographs, and photo-booth images. Vernacular photographs are"
"Colloquialism In linguistics, colloquialism is vernacular language including everyday language, everyday speech, common parlance, informal language, colloquial language, general parlance, and common expressions. It is the most used linguistic variety of a language, the language normally used in conversation and other informal communication. A specific instance of such language is called a ""colloquialism"". The most common term used in dictionaries to label such an expression is colloquial. General parlance is distinct from formal speech or formal writing. It is the variety of language that speakers typically use when they are relaxed and not especially self-conscious. An expression is labeled ""colloq."""
"without this effort is the first form of speech acquired. In another theory, the vernacular is opposed to the standard. The non-standard varieties thus defined are dialects, which are to be identified as complexes of factors: ""social class, region, ethnicity, situation, and so forth."" Both the standard and the non-standard language have dialects, but in contrast to the standard, the non-standard have ""socially disfavored"" structures. The standard are primarily written (in traditional print media) but the non-standard are spoken. An example of a vernacular dialect is African American Vernacular English. A vernacular is not a real language but is ""an"
"far away foreign places. Yet Mullen is discussing the different types of English that are spoken in her community. The English she grew up learning was considered to be the “Standard English”, which loosely is summed up as the proper way of speaking English, the one that will make one more approachable in a nice part of town, the English that will make a person of color employable. The Black vernacular is considered to be incorrect and if people only spoke this vernacular they would be considered uneducated. This did not sit well with Mullen because she wanted Black children"
"is derived from the Latin word ""indigena"", which is based on the root ""gen-"" 'to be born' with an archaic form of the prefix ""in"" 'in'. Any given people, ethnic group or community may be described as ""indigenous"" in reference to some particular region or location that they see as their traditional native land claim. Other terms used to refer to indigenous populations are aboriginal, native, original, or first (as in Canada's First Peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Métis)). The use of the term ""peoples"" in association with the indigenous is derived from the 19th century anthropological and ethnographic disciplines"
"which comprise approximately 75% of the language, as opposed to only 25% of the English language. Verbs must contain at minimum a pronominal prefix, a verb root, an aspect suffix, and a modal suffix. Cherokee is an Iroquoian language, and the only Southern Iroquoian language spoken today. Linguists believe that the Cherokee people migrated to the southeast from the Great Lakes region about three thousand years ago, bringing with them their language. Despite the three-thousand-year geographic separation, the Cherokee language today still shows some similarities to the languages spoken around the Great Lakes, such as Mohawk, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora."
"Indigenous language An indigenous language or autochthonous language is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people. This language would be from a linguistically distinct community that originated in the area since time immemorial. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages, and the reverse is also true. Many indigenous peoples worldwide have stopped passing on their ancestral languages to the next generation, and have instead adopted the majority language as part of their acculturation into the majority culture. Furthermore, many indigenous languages have been subject to linguicide (language killing). Recognizing their vulnerability, the United Nations"
"family in terms of both geographical area and number of speakers. This version of written Chinese is called Vernacular Chinese, or 白話/白话 ""báihuà"" (literally, ""plain speech""). Despite its ties to the dominant Mandarin language, Vernacular Chinese also permits some communication between people of different dialects, limited by the fact that Vernacular Chinese expressions are often ungrammatical or unidiomatic in non-Mandarin dialects. This role may not differ substantially from the role of other linguae francae, such as Latin: For those trained in written Chinese, it serves as a common medium; for those untrained in it, the graphic nature of the characters"
"shaped by relatively recent events. However, Romance vernacular as language spoken in the Apennine peninsula has a longer history. In fact, the earliest surviving texts that can definitely be called vernacular (as distinct from its predecessor Vulgar Latin) are legal formulae known as the Placiti Cassinesi from the Province of Benevento that date from 960–963, although the Veronese Riddle, probably from the 8th or early 9th century, contains a late form of Vulgar Latin that can be seen as a very early sample of a vernacular dialect of Italy. The language that came to be thought of as Italian developed"
"on to their traditional tenure (""native title"") occupying, using, and enjoying the island and its surrounds in a manner prescribed by traditional law and custom. """"People gathered.. on this island, like their ancestors before them, have occupied it and maintained the connection with it for hundreds of years. Today they continue to speak their traditional language, they practise fishing, hunting and collecting and in doing that, they make use of the specialised historical knowledge accumulated over centuries. They perform customary dances and songs, they manage sacred sites. They utilise their traditional kinship system to organise social and economic life. They"
"linguistic community: Linguistic communities that form no majority in any country, but whose language has the status of an official language in at least one country: A treasure language is one of the thousands of small languages still spoken in the world today. The term was proposed by the Rama people of Nicaragua as an alternative to heritage language, indigenous language, and ""ethnic language"", names that are considered pejorative in the local context. The term is now also used in the context of public storytelling events. The term ""treasure language"" references the desire of speakers to sustain the use of"
"the creation of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The meaning of the term is uncertain, although it may have meant ""in the midst of waters"" or ""far away island."" Wampanoag is an Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England. The Nehantucket (known to Europeans as the Niantic) were an Algonquin-speaking culture of the area. Nantucket's nickname, ""The Little Grey Lady of the Sea,"" refers to the island as it appears from the ocean when it is fog-bound. The earliest English settlement in the region began on the neighboring island of Martha's Vineyard. Nantucket Island's original Native American inhabitants, the Wampanoag people,"