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Denotation

In philosophy and linguistics, the denotation of a word or expression is its strictly literal meaning. For instance, the English word "warm" denotes the property of having high temperature. Denotation is contrasted with other aspects of meaning, in particular connotation. For instance, the word "warm" may evoke calmness, coziness, or kindness (as in the…

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Denotation

Nodes43
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Triples41
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
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related to Denotation and meaning · 13
Denotation → Abendstern, According, Author Thomas Herbst, Bedeutung, German, Gottlob Frege, Herbst, In, Morgenstern, On Sense, Reference, Sinn, The
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Denotation → According, Although, For, John Searle's, Reference, The, Vocabulary
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Denotation → Bertrand Russell, Course, Ferdinand, General Linguistics, Linguistic, Philosophers Gottlob Frege, Saussure
related to In linguistic semantics · 7
Denotation → Barack Obama, Depending, For, In, Phrases, This, When
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Denotation → Here, In
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Denotation → example of the first level of analysis
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Denotation → ConnotationDenotationalismLinguistic

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Denotationis aexample of the first level of analysis0.90text
context change potentials.When uttered in discourseinstance ofor other structures0.80text
expressions may convey other associations which are not computed by the grammarinstance ofor other structures0.80text
thus are not part of its denotationinstance ofor other structures0.80text
Denotationrelated to Denotation and meaningIn0.60section
Denotationrelated to Denotation and meaningOn Sense0.60section
Denotationrelated to Denotation and meaningReference0.60section
Denotationrelated to Denotation and meaningGottlob Frege0.60section
Denotationrelated to Denotation and meaningSinn0.60section
Denotationrelated to Denotation and meaningBedeutung0.60section
Denotationrelated to Denotation and meaningGerman0.60section
Denotationrelated to Denotation and meaningMorgenstern0.60section

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