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Leith, Richard. 1980. Dialogue and dialect in D.H. Lawrence. Style 14 (3) : 245–258.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative style | dialect1 | literary dialogue | lower class | social distance

Annotation

In his novels Lawrence effectively depicts surface linguistic features and working-class styles of speaking consistent with the novels' themes. Lawrence used linguistic differences to show social distance between characters.