What Does emphasis Mean
The term stress refers to the act of leaning on the foot to exert force or as a support. However, beyond this first meaning mentioned by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) in its dictionary, the concept is usually used within the framework of an adverbial phrase .
Emphasizing , in this context, refers to emphasizing, underlining or accentuating something . The expression is linked to insisting on an idea , an action , etc. For example: "The mayor emphasized the need to cut public spending to order the municipal accounts" , "During my speech I will emphasize the link between street violence and alcohol abuse" , "The coach usually emphasizes that we must stay focused throughout the game, as any distraction can lead to defeat . "
Suppose that a president, upon assuming office, makes a speech to the population detailing what he believes will be the main challenges of his administration. In his speech - which lasts over an hour - he says the word "inflation" twenty times . Political analysts, therefore mention that the speech of the new president stressed on inflation as their biggest challenge.
Having presented some examples of the use of this term in a symbolic sense, we can return to its etymology to try to understand why it has traveled this semantic path until it reaches a use that is far from its original meaning. As can be seen with the naked eye, this word is made up of the verb hincar and the noun pie . The action of driving can be defined as "driving or inserting one thing into another", or else "supporting one thing in another with the intention of driving it into the latter."
To drive the foot, therefore, is to place it in a very well defined position, with the intention of nailing it there so that it remains firm or to propel itself with force . Some scholars of the language point out that its origin may be found in the practice of high or long jump, in which athletes had to put their feet in an exact point and with a very defined position for their performance to be effective.
This analogy with sport can help us to analyze the definition of the expression "to emphasize" as an action that consists of locating ourselves in a reference point to gravitate around it during the speech. That is, if we intend to highlight an idea or a concept throughout a conversation , for example, emphasizing them consists of keeping ourselves as close as possible, so that the rest of the words and expressions are complementary to them and that they do not generate new nuclei.
The athlete who puts his foot on a point to propel himself from there and achieve high values of initial speed, power, height or horizontal distance, for example, bets all his performance on this action. Everything that happens until the end of its execution will depend on the precision with which it is supported at the beginning. On the other hand, if the emphasis is deficient, a new point of support will be necessary throughout the jump, which will invalidate the first one and this can be compared to a speech in which the interlocutor does not manage to express successfully the topics he considers more important.
Hincapié is also a frequent surname in Colombia . The plastic surgeon Gustavo Andrés Hincapié , the artist María Teresa Hincapié and the cyclist George Hincapié (American of Colombian origin) are some personalities who share this surname.
Finally, Hincapié is the name of a Spanish company dedicated to industrial cleaning and an Argentine company that manufactures shoe soles.