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Index 427<br />

Lance, Donald M., 407<br />

Landor, W.S., 293<br />

Landsmål, 33<br />

Lane, George S., 39<br />

Lanfranc, 113<br />

Langland, William, 147, 156<br />

<strong>Language</strong>, analytic and synthetic, 56;<br />

as a mirror <strong>of</strong> progress, 301;<br />

colloquial, 396–97;<br />

growth and decay in, 2;<br />

importance <strong>of</strong> a, 3<br />

<strong>Language</strong>s in England before <strong>English</strong>, 43<br />

Langue d’oc, 29<br />

Lague d’oïl, 29<br />

Lanham, L.W., 322, 349<br />

Lapidge, Michael, 73, 106<br />

Lardner, Ring, 313<br />

Larger <strong>of</strong> two, 279<br />

Laryngeals, 35<br />

Lass, Roger, 16, 73<br />

Lathrop, H.B., 251<br />

Latin, 20, 28;<br />

words from, 77, 79–92, 184, 214ff.;<br />

influence <strong>of</strong> the First Period, 81;<br />

influence <strong>of</strong> the Fourth Period, 233;<br />

influence <strong>of</strong> the Second Period, 60;<br />

influence <strong>of</strong> the Third Period, influence <strong>of</strong> the Zero Period, 79<br />

Latin influences, chronological criteria, 77;<br />

on Old <strong>English</strong>, 77ff.<br />

Latin language in Britain, 46<br />

Latvia, 30<br />

Latvian, 30<br />

“Launcelot Temple,” 286<br />

Law words, 170<br />

Layamon, 155, 163<br />

Learning, words relating to, 172<br />

Leeward Islands, <strong>English</strong> language in, 329<br />

Legge, M.Dominica, 157<br />

Lehmann, Winfred P., 16, 36, 39<br />

Leidig, Paul, 295<br />

Lemnos, 26<br />

Lenze, J., 198<br />

Leonard, Sterling A., 294<br />

Le Page, R.B., 96, 349<br />

Le Patourel, John, 126<br />

Lethbridge, T.C., 49<br />

Letters in <strong>English</strong>, 154<br />

Leveled inflections, period <strong>of</strong>, 52<br />

Lewis, J.Windsor, 407<br />

Lewis, Robert E., 197<br />

Lexical-Functional Grammar, 403<br />

Lian, H.M., 17, 349

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