Hangsúlyában

Hangsúlyában is the locative possessive form of the Hungarian noun hangsúly, meaning "emphasis" or "stress." In grammar, hangsúlyában typically functions as a nominal expression indicating the place or domain of emphasis within a clause, sentence, or discourse. The phrase can be translated loosely as "in its emphasis" or "in the emphasis," and it is used mainly in linguistic analysis and discussions of rhetoric to point to what part of a statement is stressed.

Morphology and formation: The form is built from hangsúly (emphasis) plus the possessive suffix -a- (its) and the postposition -ban (in). The combined form hangsúlyában thus means "in its emphasis" and agrees with the relevant possessor in number and person when the possessor is explicit. The construction is a standard example of Hungarian nominal phrases that locate a feature (in this case, emphasis) within a larger context.

Usage and context: Hangsúlyában occurs primarily in linguistic description, prosody, and literary analysis, where the focus is on mapping which elements of a sentence carry the prosodic weight. It is relatively rare in everyday prose; more common alternatives in ordinary speech are phrasing that names the emphasized element directly, such as "a hangsúly a kérdésen van" or "a mondat hangsúlya." Examples include: "A kérdés hangsúlyában van." "A mondat első szava hangsúlyában van." These illustrate how the expression signals the locus of emphasis within discourse.