Emphasis (in phonetics)

In the linguistics of Semitic languages, the term emphasis is used as a synonym of the pharyngealization (a distinctive phonetic property of consonants, called emphatic consonants).

Synonyms

• pharyngealization
• velarization (cf. Lehn 1963:29)
• uvularization (cf. Lehn 1963:29)
• retraction (cf. Lehn 1963:29)
• strong articulation (cf. Lehn 1963:29)
• u-resonance (cf. Lehn 1963:29)
• heaviness (cf. Lehn 1963:29)
• in Arabic: ʔiṭbāq 'spreading and raising of the tongue', ʔistiʕlāʔ 'elevation of the dorsum', tafxīm 'thickness, heaviness' (Lehn 1963:29)

Reference

• Lehn, Walter. 1963. Emphasis in Cairo Arabic. Language 39.1:29-39.

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