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Vernacular is the ordinary, informal,
spoken form of language,
particularly when
perceived as
having lower social status or less
prestige than standard...
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Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is
building done
outside any
academic tradition, and
without professional guidance. It is not a particular...
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Vernacular literature is
literature written in the
vernacular—the
speech of the "common people". In the
European tradition, this
effectively means literature...
- The term
vernacular photography is used in
several related senses. Each is in one way or
another meant to
contrast with
received notions of fine-art photography...
- African-American
Vernacular English (AAVE) is the
variety of
English natively spoken,
particularly in
urban communities, by most working- and middle-class...
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Vernacular music is ordinary,
everyday music such as po****r and folk music. It is
defined partly in
terms of its accessibility,
standing in
contrast to...
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Scottish Vernacular architecture is a form of
vernacular architecture that uses
local materials. In Scotland, as elsewhere,
vernacular architecture employs...
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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...
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Indian M**** is a
partially vernacularized variation of the
traditional Roman Catholic M****, used in the
American Indian missions of
Canada and the United...
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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...
