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"Emphatic" redirects here; not to be confused with Empathic.

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Emphasis or emphatic may refer to:

Communication

Emphasis (telecommunications), intentional alteration of the amplitude-vs.-frequency characteristics of the signal meant to reduce adverse effects of noise
Cultural emphasis, alleged tendency of a language's vocabulary to detail elements of the speakers' culture

Writing

Emphasis (typography), visual enhancement a part of a text to make it noticeable
Emphasis point, a typographic marking used in some east Asian languages to indicate emphasis

Linguistics

Emphatic consonant, member of a phonological category of consonants in Semitic languages
Prosodic stress, speaking an important word more loudly or slowly so that it stands out
Do-support, a way of using additional words to call attention to important words
Intensifier, a way of using additional words to call attention to important words

Music

Emphasis! (On Parenthesis), 2008 album by the Stanton Moore Trio
"Emphasis/Who Wants to Live Forever", 2002 single by After Forever
Emphatic (band), American rock band

Other uses

Emphatic Diaglott, 1864 Bible translation by Benjamin Wilson
ST Emphatic

See also

Prominence (disambiguation)
Stress (disambiguation)
Markedness, quality of a non-basic or less natural linguistic form

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