by Zora Neale Hurston Colloquialism or local color Colloquialism or local color is the use of ordinary informal language This might mean grammatically incorrect sentences slang or local sayings even misspellings that better capture the ID: 717168
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Colloquialism or local colorSlide2
Colloquialism or local color
is the use of
ordinary, informal language
. This might mean grammatically incorrect
sentences, slang or local sayings, even misspellings that better capture the
local dialect
of a culture or region. For example,
“
Fuhgettaboutit
,
youse
guys are alright wit me”
capture a more northern, urban dialect; whereas
“Ah might could whip
sumpin
’ up
fo
’
y’all
”
captures a more southern, perhaps rural culture.
What are some reasons authors choose to write in such a style?Slide3
Some examples of colloquialisms from Their Eyes Were Watching God
Ah or
Ah’m
I
or
I’mMah myDat thatDe Lawd The LordLawd a’mussy Lord have mercyWid withYaller yellowLak like
Basically, remember that:
apostrophes mean letters are missing
(‘
em
instead of them, ‘bout instead of about, etc.)
d
=
th
(
wid
= with, dis = this,
dem
= them)
Vowels switch all the time
(kin = can,
whut
= what, uh = of,
git
= get,
wuz
= was,
fuh
= for)
c
’s,
k
’s, and
q
’s are often interchangeable
(
likker
= liquor,
kivver
= cover)
Compression happens
(
offa
= off of,
lil
= little)
Context is key!
Focus on the sentence or the passage as a whole instead of single words