Definition of Denotative. Meaning of Denotative. Synonyms of Denotative

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Definition of Denotative

Denotative
Denotative De*not"a*tive, a. Having power to denote; designating or marking off. Proper names are pre["e]minently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. --Latham.

Meaning of Denotative from wikipedia

- is its strictly literal meaning. For instance, the English word "warm" denotes the property of having high temperature. Denotation is contrasted with...
- "On Denoting" is an essay by Bertrand Russell. It was published in the philosophy journal Mind in 1905. In it, Russell introduces and advocates his theory...
- from color to description (color naming) or vice versa, is a denotative color task. Denotative color tasks involve both color perception and linguistics...
- involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words. A simple example would be insulting...
- obvious (e.g. red means danger). Avoiding denotative color tasks (color naming) when possible. Some denotative tasks can be converted to comparative tasks...
- relation and the denotative relation. The connotative relation is the relation between signs and their interpretant signs. The denotative relation is the...
- example, let R denote {"ab", "c"} and S denote {"d", "ef"}. Then, (RS) denotes {"abd", "abef", "cd", "cef"}. (alternation) (R|S) denotes the set union...
- Deseriis breaks down networked narratives in three central functions: denotative, performing, and pragmatic. He claims that socially-created networked...
- ("Wow, you did OK for your first time skiing!"). As an interjection, it can denote compliance ("OK, I will do that"), or agreement ("OK, that is fine"). It...
- exemplified by interjections and other sound changes that do not alter the denotative meaning of an utterance but do add information about the Addresser's (speaker's)...