Literary notes about local (AI summary)
In literature the word "local" is multifaceted, often used to denote a specific geographical community or sphere while also extending to technical or particular institutional contexts. For instance, in classic novels it may characterize a person’s unique role or social milieu within a small community ([1], [2]), while in histories and legal texts it marks the jurisdiction or administrative domain, showing how local governments or customs operate independently of central authority ([3], [4], [5]). In modern works, "local" even adapts to technological terminology, such as local area networks and digital communication ([6], [7]). Thus, whether illustrating cultural nuances, regional peculiarities, or even contemporary technicalities, "local" serves as a versatile adjective that anchors abstract ideas to immediately recognizable environments ([8], [9]).
- This was, so to say, his special rôle in local society.
— from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - A great festival—and the local authorities have undertaken to organize it”...
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov - The office is one of local origin, and its powers and duties are prescribed by the local regulations of the Grand Lodge which may have established it.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law by Albert Gallatin Mackey - The central administration being a far-flung network of officialdom, there was hardly any room for local government apart from it.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. Werner - The local administration was carried on by a large staff of officials established at the Custom House.
— from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - If you have a Novell local area network, visit the Novell forums on CompuServe.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - I now have a wired and a wireless LAN (local area network) in my home.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert - Their tales, while full of local color, nevertheless show the influence of the European tutors.
— from Philippine Folk Tales - There were to be seen the masterpieces of art, the refinements of highly cultivated society, the quaint peculiarities of ancient and local custom.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving
