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Accent

Definition:

    Emphasis is used to suggest a meaning different from the actual content of the proposition.
Examples:
  1. It would be illegal to give away
    Free Beer!
  2. The first mate, seeking revenge on the captain, wrote in his journal, "The Captain was sober today." (He suggests, by his emphasis, that the Captain is usually drunk. From Copi, p. 117)
References:
    (Copi and Cohen: 115)
26 May 1995 / 06 January 1996