THE LANGUAGE CHOICE OF CHINESE COMMUNITY IN MEDAN: A SOCIOLINGUISTICS STUDY by Vivi Adryani Nasution, Niza Ayuningtyas

“…The manifestation of language choice in the domain of family and occupation especially in inter-ethnic relation is dominated by vernacular language, especially Hokkien language although respondents come from non-Hokkien ethnic. …”
Get full text

L’architecture et le paysage du village berbère de Zraoua dans les montagnes du sud-est de la Tunisie : le patrimoine dans un lieu en voie d’abandon by Miguel Reimão Costa, Nouri Boukhchim, Desidério Batista, Meriem Marzouki

“…This abandoned village constitutes an interesting case for the integrated study of vernacular architecture and cultural landscapes in Mediterranean mountainous regions. …”
Get full text

Bernard Lassus : une pratique démesurable pour le paysage by Massimo Venturi Ferriolo

“…Then, fulfilled by new visual and tactile experimentations and by the development of a sort of vernacular landscapism and its actors "landscaper Inhabitant", his concepts have again evolved. …”
Get full text

Agrobiodiversité et pratiques agricoles dans le pays Jbala (Tafza et Bellota) by Alexandrine Barontini, Younes Hmimsa

“…Physical, natural, socio-economic and historic particularities created favorable conditions maintaining several rare cultivated plants and practices.Thanks to the international scientific cooperation project (PICS) « La Montagne et ses Savoirs », we have collected (between October 2013 and April 2014) a series of interviews with farmers, merchants or inhabitants of the region, in two sites: Tafza and Bellota.We present here the results of a modest comparison between the agro-biological diversity and the linguistic diversity, through some of the vernacular taxinomy concerning fruits and fruit trees.…”
Get full text

Early experiences of patellofemoral arthritis symptoms: A qualitative study in Gujarat, India by Heta R. Patel, M. Balaganapathy, Bipin Serasiya

“…They were interviewed either in person or online using the Zoom platform, with an expert clinician using a semistructured interview guide in the vernacular language. Results: A scoping review was conducted to find the reported symptoms of the condition, which were identified as anterior knee pain, crepitus, pain while sitting down, walking uphill, and kneeling. …”
Get full text

The fabrication of synthetic data promises: Tracing emerging arenas of expectations and boundary work by Louis Ravn

“…First, it shows that scientific literatures reveal a strong increase in interest and three transformations in the framing of synthetic data in recent decades: from vernacular term to scientific concept, from possibility to inevitability, and from research technique to social promise. …”
Get full text

From Orality to Scriptuality : the Contribution of African Languages to the English Language Teaching by Andjou Frédéric KOUADIO

“…Since 1953, UNESCO, in The Use of Vernacular Languages in Education, has officially encouraged mother tongue based education. …”
Get full text

L’enseignement en architecture de paysage en Afrique by Carey Duncan

“…It would be appropriate to develop an approach integrating local history and adapting vernacular approaches, where appropriate, while retaining an universal analytical and conceptual methodology. …”
Get full text

Interview as an Act of Seduction: Analysing Problems I Have Met during My Fieldwork on the Camino de Santiago and in Glastonbury by Tiina Sepp

“…Apart from discussing fieldwork-related problems, I am also going to describe some expressions of vernacular religion and contemporary spirituality on the Camino de Santiago and in Glastonbury.…”
Get full text

"PUBLISH OR PERISH": JAVANESE LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE ON JAVANESE-ENGLISH CODE-SWITCHING SONG by Amalina Maharani, Emy Sudarwati

“…The findings of this study suggest that the phenomenon of code-switching in Lathi songs is deliberately done to keep maintaining Javanese's existence as one of the popular vernacular in Indonesia. Language maintenance of the Javanese language in a song named Lathi can pique the public's interest in learning Javanese by creating Javanese language maintenance represented in its song lyrics. …”
Get full text

Ansanus “the Baptizer” and the Problem of Siena’s Non-Existent Early Episcopacy (c. 1100–1600) by Carol A. Anderson

“…Yet, only beginning in the fifteenth century do vernacular passions and images of Ansanus baptizing the Sienese appear, revealing that the baptismal event emerged as a defining point in the sacred history of the city and was communicated to citizens both textually and visually. …”
Get full text

Grendel’s Mere, Beowulf’s Dive, and the Visio Sancti Pauli by Rafael Pascual

“…The essay proposes that the poet took the motif of the fiery river from a vernacular version of the Visio Sancti Pauli (long thought to be among the poet’s sources) and rationalized it as an ordinary fire misconstrued by Hrothgar as a supernatural wonder, thereby playing with the audience’s expectations. …”
Get full text

How Architecture Builds Intelligence: Lessons from AI by Nikos A. Salingaros

“…However, the contemporary built environment consisting of raw concrete, plate glass, and exposed steel sharply contrasts with natural geometries. Traditional and vernacular architectures are appropriate for life, whereas new buildings and urban spaces adapt to human biology and are better for raising children only if they follow living geometry, which represents natural patterns such as fractals and nested symmetries. …”
Get full text

The Horrible Sepulture of Mannes Resoun: Intoxication and Medieval English Felony Law by Elizabeth Papp Kamali

“…Evidence from non-legal texts, including vernacular literature and guides for confessors, helps explain the concerns medieval English judges and jurors brought with them to the task of felony adjudication when faced with alcohol-laced facts, revealing a world in which tavern culture ensured alcohol’s omnipresence, but in which drunkenness was nevertheless not generally available as an excuse, partial or otherwise, for allegedly felonious behavior. …”
Get full text

A review of edible saturniidae (Lepidoptera) caterpillars in Africa by Elizabeth Siago Kusia, Christian Borgemeister, Sevgan Subramanian

“…Details of edible saturniids consumption and food plants are listed as well as vernacular names in different parts of Africa. A comparison of collection, processing, storage and trading methods based on available literature is also included. …”
Get full text

“Radix Saniculae”: Phytochemical Characterization and Potential Adulteration of an Austrian Traditional Wound-Healing Agent by Elisabeth Eichenauer, Christina Sykora, Karin Ortmayr, Sabine Glasl

“…Interestingly, in the Austrian vernacular, “Radix Saniculae” can also refer to the underground parts of <i>Cardamine enneaphyllos</i>. …”
Get full text

Ornamental Exterior versus Therapeutic Interior of Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus): The Two Faces of a Versatile Herb by Naghmeh Nejat, Alireza Valdiani, David Cahill, Yee-How Tan, Mahmood Maziah, Rambod Abiri

“…Botanical information with respect to synonyms, vernacular names, cultivars, floral morphology, and reproduction adds to understanding of the plant while the geography and ecology of periwinkle illustrate the organism’s ubiquity. …”
Get full text

The Tamil version of Eating Attitudes Test-26: Reliability and factor structure among persons with schizophrenia by G. Swarnameenaa, Jothilakshmi Durairaj, Vaishnavi K. Madhavan, Nithyashri Hariharan, Pavithra Arunachaleeswaran, Lakshmi Venkatraman, Anoop Sankaranarayanan, Thara Rangaswamy, Padmavati Ramachandran

“…Robust tools to assess DEB are needed in the vernacular language to capture symptoms of disordered eating accurately. …”
Get full text

De la façon de nommer aux usages des plantes adventices des cultures en pays Jbala (nord du Maroc) by Louise Clochey, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

“…To illustrate our work, we show the whole body of knowledge revolving around (1) cooking a dish of wild leafy vegetables called beqqula and (2) feeding young calves with spontaneous spring plants. Vernacular taxonomies, and more specifically the ways of naming these spontaneous plants, were analyzed. …”
Get full text

Field Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Variety Development for Moisture Deficit Areas of Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia by Yirga Kindie, Aemiro Bezabih, Wubeshet Beshir, Zinabu Nigusie, Zelalem Asemamaw, Antenh Adem, Birke Tebabele, Genet Kebede, Tesfay Alemayehu, Fentaw Assres

“…Considering the seven environments data and field performance evaluation during the variety verification trial, the National Variety Releasing Committee has approved the official release of EH-03-002 with the vernacular name of “Yewaginesh” for moisture deficit areas of Wag Lasta and similar agroecologies.…”
Get full text