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  2. Emphasis (typography) - Wikipedia

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    Although emphasis is useful in speech, and so has a place in informal or journalistic writing, in academic traditions it is often suggested that italics are only used where there is a danger of misunderstanding the meaning of the sentence, and even in that case that rewriting the sentence is preferable; in formal writing the reader is expected ...

  3. Text linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Text linguistics is a branch of linguistics that deals with texts as communication systems.Its original aims lay in uncovering and describing text grammars.The application of text linguistics has, however, evolved from this approach to a point in which text is viewed in much broader terms that go beyond a mere extension of traditional grammar towards an entire text.

  4. Stress (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, and particularly phonology, stress or accent is the relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word or to a certain word in a phrase or sentence. That emphasis is typically caused by such properties as increased loudness and vowel length, full articulation of the vowel, and changes in tone.

  5. Emphasis - Wikipedia

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    Emphasis (telecommunications), intentional alteration of the amplitude-vs.-frequency characteristics of the signal meant to reduce adverse effects of noise Cultural emphasis , alleged tendency of a language's vocabulary to detail elements of the speakers' culture

  6. Emphasis mark - Wikipedia

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    In Vietnam, the emphasis mark (dấu nhấn mạnh) was written with various marks such as a dot, circle, or a sesame dot. It is commonly positioned to the right of the character. After Vietnam switched to the Latin alphabet, emphasis marks fell into disuse as bolding, underlining, and italics replaced the usage of emphasis marks.

  7. Expletive (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    An expletive is a word or phrase inserted into a sentence that is not needed to express the basic meaning of the sentence. [1] It is regarded as semantically null or a placeholder. [2] Expletives are not insignificant or meaningless in all senses; they may be used to give emphasis or tone, to contribute to the meter in verse, or to indicate ...

  8. Why Do Candidates Say 'I Approve This Message' in Ads? - AOL

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    It requires candidates for federal office to identify themselves and state that they approve of the message in their advertisements. The law has some detailed specifics and the Federal Election ...

  9. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Avoid using boldface for emphasis in article text (see § Emphasis for proper formatting). Avoid using boldface for introducing new terms; instead, italics are preferred (see § Words as words ). Avoid using boldface (or other font gimmicks) in the expansions of acronyms, as in U nited N ations (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations ...