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    Vernacular Languages During The Renaissance Pauline Charles American Intercontinental University Online ABSTRACT Vernacular language is a tool we use to communicate both verbally and in writing. People can express their thoughts‚ feelings and emotions through knowledge‚ ideas and memory. Before there was vernacular language‚ people only knew how to communicate in Latin but now‚ there’s many languages in different countries. If a person could speak in more than one

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    Online Dictionary‚ the definition of vernacular is “of‚ relating to‚ or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place‚ region‚ or country.” In terms of African American history‚ the evolution of vernacular is very important and a very unique part of the culture. The African American vernacular has aided the development of a distinct culture in terms of what African Americans were subjected to from the installation of slavery. The African American vernacular was used as a way to expose the atrocities

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    Europe‚ discuss the origins of the vernacular language and describe how the language spread. German is the language I picked for my native language. German is the main spoken language with a lot of people including native and second common language speaks German is common in European Union. Most Germans live in the South Region of the world‚ Country Argentina‚ Canada‚ South Africa‚ Post-Soviet States‚ Russia and Kazakhstan‚ France‚ Australia‚ Chile and Italy. Vernacular Language was possible to raise

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    Black Vernacular English from Virginia Black Vernacular English‚ a dialect at times used by as many as 80 to 90 percent of African Americans and long identified by whites as substandard English‚ is in fact a different and unique form of American English. Black Vernacular English (BVE)‚ or Black English‚ is fundamentally a spoken language derived from the slaves and still remarkably consistent throughout African American culture. Because of the roots and many unique aspects of Black Vernacular

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    History of Vernacular Language Unit 2 Individual Project Zoey Bullock American Intercontinental University Abstract This paper will discuss the origins of the Spanish language and describe how the language spread. Latin has significantly influenced the creation of the Spanish language as well as the development of many other Western languages. The ways in which Latin has influenced Western language development will also be explained. History of Vernacular Language Spanish has one of the

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    Works of the African American Vernacular Culture When thinking of musical genres such as jazz‚ blues‚ and hip-hop‚ most Americans do not realize that they are the essential components to the evolution of African American Vernacular Literature. In fact‚ it is the key factor that brought African American culture into the limelight in America. Since the first black peoples in America were slaves‚ and were not allowed to read or write‚ the African American Vernacular Traditions began as completely

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    of the Vernacular Language Bradlee Melton American InterContinental University Abstract Until the sixteenth century Latin was known as the official language during the Middle Ages. Latin became less used as it was hard to read and to understand but through Latin the Vernacular language was created. Before the sixteenth century all textbooks and even the Bible were written in Latin creating a great diversity between the upper crust of society and the common people. When the Vernacular language

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    According to the dictionary‚ vernacular refers to the native language of a country. Throughout Rome‚ the language that was used was Latin; it was used throughout the Mediterranean and became the dominant language. Widely used by people with power‚ kings and queens. Latin was used as the formal language used in government and politics‚ this all changed during the 12th century when vernacular language started to become increasingly popular. During the Renaissance‚ Europe was undergoing a transformation

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    and day lighting provide vital lessons for prevailing architectural practice in the region. Vernacular houses were analysed in many ways to identify performance of traditional houses constructed to withstand extreme weather conditions. The materials used for the construction also help to improve the energy performances of the dwellings/buildings‚(Zhai and Previtali 2010). Vernacular housing

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    Did you know that Dunbar cave is the only site in the united states where you can go see mississippian art from apparently seven hundred years ago! The cave has closed numerous of time‚unfortunately in 2002 they had to close out the inside to all the public do to health issues. They opened back up a fews years later. In 2010 they made it official to close the inside of the cave due to bat infestations as well with other animals. The Dunbar cave is open to see the Native American drawings. In the

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