DENOTATION
Denotation
In semiotics, denotation is the surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Denotation (semiotics)
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denotation
Noun
- The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
- The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
- The denotations of the two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" are the same (i.e. both expressions denote the planet Venus), but their connotations are different.
- The intension and extension of a word
- Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
- The surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary
- Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
- A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
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