Vernacular, Dialect, and Colloquialism
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Luisa Lubambo and Max Straubinger
Vernacular
● Pronounced ver-nak-yuh-ler
● “the common style of a particular time, place, or group”
Dialect
● pronounced ˈdaɪ.ə.lekt
● “a regional variety of language distinguished by
features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
from other regional varieties and constituting together
with them a single language”
● particularly regional expressions
Colloquialism
● Pronounced kuh-loh-kwee-uh-liz-uhm
● “ a word or expression used in or suited to familiar and
informal conversation”
● https://youtu.be/g0j2dVuhr6s?t=58s
Annoying Teen Colloquialisms
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On fleek, hella
Bae
Shot, Turnt, Lit
Slay
Ratchet
You da real MVP
Feels
Throwing shade
Salty
Squad
Ship, Cannon
Örnekler, Примеры, 例
● “[Janie to Mrs. Turner]: ‘Naw, mah husband didn’t had
nothin’ but hisself. He’s easy tuh love if you mess round ‘im.
Ah loves ‘im.’"
○ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
○ Example of both vernacular and dialect
● “‘Ain’t you ever waked up at night and heard him, Dill? He
walks like this… ’”
○ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
我愛你雷壇. 如果你能看懂，運行
● Foot in the door
● “Nanny explains, ‘De thought uh you bein’ kicked around
from pillar tuh post is uh hurtin’ thing’ (Hurston 15)”
● Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Shakespearean Phrases
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As luck would have it
Coldblooded
Dead as a doornail
For goodness’ sake
Love is blind
Wild Goose Chase
Fair play & foul play
Sources
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Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialect
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colloquialism
https://youtu.be/g0j2dVuhr6s?t=58s
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/04/45-phrases-coined-shakespeare-450th-birthday/