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Definition of Emphatics

Emphatic
Emphatic Em*phat"ic, Emphatical Em*phat"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. emphatique. See Emphasis.] 1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning. 2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. ``Emphatical colors.' --Boyle. ``Emphatical evils.' --Bp. Reynolds. Syn: Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.

Meaning of Emphatics from wikipedia

- has otherwise developed into a glottal consonant stop [ʔ]. All other emphatics have been merged into plain consonants. However, they are often still...
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- 122–123 Janet Watson (January 2011). "Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri". academia.edu. Watson, Janet (January...
- maximal extension" position takes all and only the emphatics are taken as affricates: emphatic *ṣ θ̣ ṣ́ were [t͡sʼ t͡θʼ t͡ɬʼ]. The "maximal affricate...
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- Semitic the emphatics were articulated with pharyngealization. Its shift to backing (as opposed to Proto-Semitic glottalization of emphatics) has been considered...
- 1945. The law usually pertains to inherited Proto-Semitic roots whose emphatics were usually dissimilated. Compare: Proto-Semitic *ṣ̂bṭ > Akkadian ṣabātu...
- transition from proto-Semitic ejective consonants to the pharyngealized emphatics that are found in many Semitic languages. The consonant inventory is as...