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Aesthetics: Diction Western vernacular

Parent Term

  • Diction

Sibling Terms

  • "Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past
  • Accent
  • African American vernacular dialect
  • Double entendre
  • Ethnic slur
  • Hill dialect
  • Imitation
  • Malapropism
  • Misogynistic wording
  • Native American languages
  • Neologism
  • Northern dialect
  • Racist term
  • Rural vernacular
  • Southern dialect
  • Stereotypical Jewish accent

Tagged Events

"Spotted Horses", 168 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Marital›Abusive
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned