LoanwordA word borrowed from one language into another, e.g., English words laissez-faire from French and cognoscenti from Italian. |
Location(of vowels) The part of the tongue (front, centre, or back) that is raised highest in the oral cavity for the production of a vowel sound. |
LocativeThe case that expresses location. |
LogographicOf a writing system, such as that of Chinese, where the symbols used represent whole words, rather than the sounds of syllables that make up the word. |
Long vowelA vowel of relatively long duration when compared to a vowel of similar or identical quality in the same vowel system. |
LoudnessThe subjective impression of the magnitude of a sound. Loudness corresponds to the amplitude of the waveform of the sound. |
LowSounds produced with a lowered tongue: vowels like [a] and pharyngeal consonants. |
Lower-midSee mid. |