LING101 Lecture Notes - Coins Of The Canadian Dollar, Componential Analysis, Connotation
12 Sep 2013
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Denotation the literal meaning of a word w/o emotional baggage . Studying : denotation: the act of enforcing learned topics and concepts into memory , not denotation: something i have to do to not fail my class . Connotation additional meaning other than the literal ones (personal meaning) Emotional associations may be involved: ex. Dog may illicit fear in people who see them as wild, viscous animals . Words can have different connotations depending on the person: ex. Home may be portrayed in someone"s mind as a cozy and warm place with a loving family atmosphere while another person may think of the word as somewhere i eat, sleep, and shower . There are also social/cultural aspects tied in with connotations: ex. The dictionary definition of vagrant and homeless are pretty much the same but in the real world, the word vagrant has a negative connotation ( dirty, smelly, thieving homeless person ) while.
