Each saṅgha tended to specialize in a specific branch of learning, had its own practical customs and relations with lay circles, and was influenced by the particular territories, economy, and use of language and dialect prevalent in its environment.
The complexity of Wolfram's theme is matched by his eccentric style, which is characterized by rhetorical flourishes, ambiguous syntax, and the free use of dialect.
Wolfram's eccentric style, with its complex rhetorical flourishes, its ambiguous syntax, and its free use of dialect, makes Parzival a difficult but richly rewarding poem.
To my mind, this vein of language became a way explaining Sutcliffe – not as a one-off psychopath but as a product of a misogynistic culture, and I made use of dialect in my long poem "The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper".
The novel was innovative in its use of dialect and locale and in featuring Irish Catholics as central to the narrative.
Caldwell's skillful use of dialect and his plain style made the book one of the best examples of literary naturalism in contemporary American fiction.
Perhaps some of these poems were actually written by courtiers in the guise of commoners, but the use of dialect and familiar imagery contrasts with the strict poetic diction imposed in the 10th century.
Skaz, in Russian literature, a written narrative that imitates a spontaneous oral account in its use of dialect, slang, and the peculiar idiom of that persona.
Döblin's pinpoint use of dialect, slang, and jargon renders "Berlin Alexanderplatz" even less exportable than most modernist tours de force, but the veteran translator Michael Hofmann, in his fluid, absorbing new version for New York Review Books, has found plausible equivalents, largely British in flavor.
Lady Chatterley herself and many readers have found Lawrence's use of dialect more challenging than the sex scenes.
