Emphasis

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 to using additional words to call attention to important words
 * Intensifier, a way to 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