LMSn
an abbreviation for learning management system
loan blend n
a type of borrowingin which one part of a word is borrowed from a second
language and the other part belongs to the speaker’s native language. For
example, in the German spoken by some people in Australia, gumbaum
means gumtree.
loan translation n
also calque
a type of borrowing, in which each morpheme or word is translated into
the equivalent morpheme or word in another language.
For example, the English word almightyis a loan translation from the Latin
omnipotens:
Omni + potens
all mighty =almighty
A loan translation may be a word, a phrase, or even a short sentence,
e.g. the English beer gardenand academic freedomare loan translations
of the German Biergarten and akademische Freiheit.
loan word n
see borrowing
local error n
see global error
locative case n
the noun or noun phrase which refers to the location of the action of the
verb is in the locative case.
For example, in the sentence:
Irene put the magazines on the table.
the tableis in the locative case.
lock-step n
in teaching, a situation in which all students in a class are engaged in the same
activity at the same time, all progressing through tasks at the same rate.
lock-step teaching/syllabus n
the organization of teaching material in a sequence and where the order of
teaching items is determined strictly by what has already been taught. Each
LMS