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  2. Denotation - Wikipedia

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    Denotation is contrasted with other aspects of meaning including connotation. For instance, the word "warm" may evoke calmness, coziness, or kindness (as in the warmth of someone's personality) but these associations are not part of the word's denotation. Similarly, an expression's denotation is separate from pragmatic inferences it may trigger.

  3. Denotation (semiotics) - Wikipedia

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    The distinction between denotation and connotation can be made in textual analysis and the existence of dictionaries is used to support the argument that the sign system begins with a simple meaning that is then glossed as new usages are developed.

  4. Denotational semantics - Wikipedia

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    For example, the phrase n*m produces a denotation when provided with an environment that has binding for its two free variables: n and m. If in the environment n has the value 3 and m has the value 5, then the denotation is 15. [2] A function can be represented as a set of ordered pairs of argument and corresponding result values. For example ...

  5. Connotation - Wikipedia

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    The denotation is a representation of a cartoon heart. The connotation is a symbol of love and affection. Example one. The denotation of this example is a red rose with a green stem. The connotation is that it is a symbol of passion and love – this is what the rose represents, Example two. The denotation is a brown cross.

  6. Copula (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a copula (/ ˈ k ɒ p j ə l ə /; pl.: copulas or copulae; abbreviated cop) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word is in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase was not being in the sentence "It was not being cooperative."

  7. Donkey sentence - Wikipedia

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    In semantics, a donkey sentence is a sentence containing a pronoun which is semantically bound but syntactically free. They are a classic puzzle in formal semantics and philosophy of language because they are fully grammatical and yet defy straightforward attempts to generate their formal language equivalents.

  8. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    The following is a partial list of linguistic example sentences illustrating various linguistic phenomena. Ambiguity

  9. Signified and signifier - Wikipedia

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    French semiotician Roland Barthes used signs to explain the concept of connotation—cultural meanings attached to words—and denotation—literal or explicit meanings of words. [2] Without Saussure's breakdown of signs into signified and signifier, however, these semioticians would not have had anything to base their concepts on.