Connotation Denotation And Semantic Networks

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

Range of positive or negative associations connected with words.

Emotional/social association of a word.

(A home as a warm familiar place vs a house which is a building)

Question 2

Denotation

Answer 2

The literal or primary meaning of a word.

Objective, conceptual. “Dictionary definition.”

Question 3

Semantic networks

Answer 3

Represents relationships between objects and ideas.

(E.g. A cat has whiskers, and is a mammal, mammals are animals and animals have fur, and bear is a mammal that has fur.)