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