20 Examples of Emphatic Accent

Emphatic Accent

The emphatic accent is a subtype within the set of diacritical marks. It is known as diacritical tilde to that used to distinguish different meanings between words that are written the same and that are pronounced the same or almost the same, with just a differential nuance in tone.

For example: how, how much, who.

This often happens with monosyllable words of a single vowel, where logically, the emphasis will be placed on that single vowel.

The cases of diacritical tilde are not many and, within these, there is a subgroup that distinguishes:

The emphatic accent does not change the meaning of the words, but their enunciative intention and, therefore, their function in the sentence.

The emphatic accent always constitutes an exception to the general accent regulations, since they go in serious wordsor flat ending in vowel.
The emphatic accent category is rather out of use. Before, it was used to differentiate between normative accent, diacritical accent and emphatic accent.

The last two now tend to be considered one: diacritical accent.

Examples of emphatic accents

Below are sentences with examples of accents or accents:

1. ¡Who what believe you are!
2. I dont know who he is the owner of that company.
3. ¿How much I owe you, Don Jorge?
4. Don't tell me why how much time you go.
5. ¿What would you like me to give you?
6. let me know what you want to eat.
7. ¿Which pants suit me better, blue or gray?
8. They are all pretty, I don't know with which stay.
9. ¡How little boy he saw me at the time!
10. No matter how difficult is the exam, I'm going to pass it.
11. But where will I have put it?
12. I never remember where I keep important documents.
13. ¡How that you have lost it!
14. Did not want to know as I got it.
15. ¿Who is it Are they the ones in the back row?
16. I want them to write me on a list Who is it they were the culprits.
17. ¿How many pages does the book have?
18. I got the information from how many people died in the accident.
19. Until when you will stay?
20. Please let me know when it's the next team meeting.
21. ¿Which are your intentions true? Who knows!
22. I want you to tell me which are your intentions with my daughter.

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