The phrase "a critical emphasis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when highlighting the importance or significance of a particular point or aspect in a discussion or analysis.
Example: "In her analysis, she placed a critical emphasis on the need for sustainable practices in the industry."
Alternatives: "a significant focus" or "a crucial highlight".
He calls for a shift in the normative and critical emphasis of critical theory from the narrow concern with rules and procedures of Jürgen Habermas's model to a change-enabling disclosure of possibility and the enlargement of meaning.
Alice Twemlow uses a case study approach to trace shifts in critical emphasis from moralizing about design, to warning the public about its insidious influence, to promoting an open DIY approach.
To review the current management of acute mastoiditis with critical emphasis on the role of myringotomy.
In a far-reaching book that also addresses Roosevelt's misconceptions about Korea, Hawaii, China and the Philippines, Mr. Bradley places critical emphasis on the dangerous American-Japanese relationship that, he says, Roosevelt helped create.
All the critical emphasis on the island, colonialism, and the is-it-in-his-head aspect of Prospero's realm, tends to overlook the fact that this is really a story about sibling usurpation and "favourites".
Perhaps, though, the critical emphasis placed on the scaling up of the literary, and interpretive, imagination risks distracting from issues of mediation (Crownshaw, "Speculative Memory").
Her areas of research and publication combine literary, religious, and Southern studies, with critical emphases on theories of gender and race.
Badve, S. et al. Basal-like and triple-negative breast cancers: a critical review with an emphasis on the implications for pathologists and oncologists.
As we discuss further below, one of the distinctive characteristics of a critical interpretive synthesis is its emphasis not only on summary of data reported in the literature but also on a more fundamental critique, which may involve questioning taken-for-granted assumptions.
This new emphasis comes at a critical time, when Beijing is finally coming close to fulfilling its ambition of being one of the modern world's great powers.
