Emphasis

Stress denotes:

• in prosody the emphasis in the spoken language in general, see accent (linguistics) , specifically:
  • the emphasis within a sentence, see sentence accent
  • the natural stress of a word, see word accent
• In verse theory the emphasis according to a metric scheme, see accentuating verse principle , special distinction is made when stress is contrary to a scheme:
  • offset accentuation , accentuation reversal against the meter
  • floating intonation , the accentuation adjustment during recitation
• in music the structure according to the beat by rhythmic emphasis, see meter (music)

See also:

• accent
• Buoyancy

Wiktionary: emphasis  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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