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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 consonant]]s).

===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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