Emphasis , in Typography : visual enhancement a part of a text to make it noticeable
In the grammatical terminology used in discussing the Semitic Languages , "emphasis" refers to certain phonologically differentiated stop or fricative consonant sounds. The exact phonological realization of Emphatic Consonants varies between languages, but includes Ejective Consonant s in Ethopian Semitic languages, and velarization/pharyngealization on Arabic. Emphatic consonants include ط ص ظ ض in Arabic, and ט צ ק in Hebrew.
