Recitative and Vernacular Concepts

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Recitatif

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Refers to a musical expression - a rhythmically free vocal style. It copies a natural rhythm of speech.

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Vernacular

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The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

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Vernacular Definition

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Relating to or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country.

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Vernacular Form

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Relating to or being the normal spoken form of a language.

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Nonstandard Language

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A language or dialect that is not considered standard or literary.

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Definition of "narrator"

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A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem

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Definition of "novel" (literature)

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A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism

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Definition of a "synonym"

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A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word

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Definition of an "antonym"

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A word that has the opposite meaning of another word

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Posthumous

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Means occurring, done, or published after someone's death.