Shiraz University Iranian Children's Literature Studies 2008-8647 11 2 2021 02 19 Use of Vernacular in Children's Literature Use of Vernacular in Children's Literature 27 48 5380 10.22099/jcls.2019.31872.1655 FA Mehdi Hejvani Eslamshahr Journal Article 2018 12 24     This paper discusses use of vernacular in writing fiction for children. In scientific and educational texts vernacular is rarely used as formal language is the means of writing, but in writing fiction one is faced with the dilemma whether to use vernacular or not as the writer is faced with a paradox –if one uses formal language, the friendly aspect of the story is lost. On the other hand, using vernacular means we have disregarded formal language. In this paper, suggestions are proposed to avoid this paradox: focusing on writing words correctly; breaking down the arrangement of vocabulary in order to make it closer to verbal utterance; choosing words suitable to the understanding of the reader and the geography and customs of the setting of place of the story; paying attention to words in formal literature which are used by people as well, and finally using possessive pronouns deleting verbs such as "ast". The writer criticizing Ali Solhjoo's model of reducing syllables proposes a natural prose model.       This paper discusses use of vernacular in writing fiction for children. In scientific and educational texts vernacular is rarely used as formal language is the means of writing, but in writing fiction one is faced with the dilemma whether to use vernacular or not as the writer is faced with a paradox –if one uses formal language, the friendly aspect of the story is lost. On the other hand, using vernacular means we have disregarded formal language. In this paper, suggestions are proposed to avoid this paradox: focusing on writing words correctly; breaking down the arrangement of vocabulary in order to make it closer to verbal utterance; choosing words suitable to the understanding of the reader and the geography and customs of the setting of place of the story; paying attention to words in formal literature which are used by people as well, and finally using possessive pronouns deleting verbs such as "ast". The writer criticizing Ali Solhjoo's model of reducing syllables proposes a natural prose model.   https://jcls.shirazu.ac.ir/article_5380_5719af283d2905120f0249f0c2d96325.pdf