denotation in a sentence
Examples
- Unfortunately, while dictionaries mention the most common denotations or main meanings we associate with words they normally ignore value connotation.
- The oldest known official denotation as a property of Bebenhausen Abbey by Pope Innocent III dates to May 18, 1204.
- Following World War II, the denotation " B " for Buddhist became an allowed option on American dog-tags.
- In 1898'Southern Rhodesia'became the official denotation for the region south of the Zambezi, which later became Zimbabwe.
- His posters are memorable for their innovative graphic solutions and their frequent denotations to such painters as Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso.
- This led John Fiske to suggest that, " denotation is what is photographed, connotation is how it is photographed ".
- It's really the opposite of the language of children-- abstract, not concrete; all connotation, no denotation.
- Connotation is often contrasted with " denotation ", which is more or less synonymous with " extension ".
- This follows from the assertion that metapragmatic speech characterizes speech function, and denotation or reference are among the many functions of speech.
- He describes it as a free fall in which the discernable spatial arrangement of things and their objective denotation gradually fall apart.