Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
consonant statement — A prior declaration of a witness whose testimony has been attacked and whose credibility stands impeached, which the court will allow to be proved by the person to whom the declaration was made in order to support the credibility of the witness… … Black's law dictionary
consonant — adj Consonant, consistent, compatible, congruous, congenial, sympathetic are comparable when they mean being in agreement one with another or agreeable one to the other. Consonant implies agreement with a concurrent circumstance or situation, or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
consonant — 1 noun (C) 1 a speech sound made by partly or completely stopping the flow of air through the mouth 2 a letter that represents one of these sounds. The letters a , e , i , o , and u represent vowels, and all the other letters are consonants 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
consonant shifting — Lautverschiebung Laut ver*schie bung (lout f[e^]r*sh[=e] b[oo^]ng), n.; pl. {Lautverschiebungen} (lout f[e^]r*sh[=e] b[oo^]ng*en). [G.; laut sound + verschiebung shifting.] (Philol.) (a) The regular changes which the primitive Indo European stops … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Signing statement (United States) — A signing statement is a written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law. There is an ongoing controversy concerning the extensive use of signing statements by President George W. Bush to… … Wikipedia
HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT … Encyclopedia of Judaism
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
Hungarian grammar — Hungarian language Closeup view of a Hungarian keybo … Wikipedia
language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… … Universalium
