Vernacular
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''Vernacular''' is the ordinary, informal, [[spoken language|spoken]] form of language (though possibly written), particularly when perceived as being of lower [[Social status|social status]] in contrast to [[standard language]], which is more [[codification (linguistics)|codified]], institutional, [[literary language|literary]], or formal. More narrowly, a particular variety of a language that meets the lower-status perception, and sometimes even carries [[social stigma]], is also called a '''vernacular''', '''vernacular dialect''', '''nonstandard dialect''', etc. and is typically its speakers' [[native language|native variety]]. Despite any such stigma, modern [[linguistics]] regards all nonstandard dialects as full-fledged varieties of a language with their own consistent grammatical structure, [[phonology|sound system]], body of vocabulary, etc. |
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from ''verna'' (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”). | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Vernacular architecture]] | ||
| + | *[[Vernacular literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Vernacular music]] | ||
| + | *[[Vulgar Latin]] | ||
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Vernacular is the ordinary, informal, spoken form of language (though possibly written), particularly when perceived as being of lower social status in contrast to standard language, which is more codified, institutional, literary, or formal. More narrowly, a particular variety of a language that meets the lower-status perception, and sometimes even carries social stigma, is also called a vernacular, vernacular dialect, nonstandard dialect, etc. and is typically its speakers' native variety. Despite any such stigma, modern linguistics regards all nonstandard dialects as full-fledged varieties of a language with their own consistent grammatical structure, sound system, body of vocabulary, etc.
Etymology
From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).
See also
