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* [http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/connotation?q=connotation| Definition of Implicature from the Online Oxford English Dictionary] | * [http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/connotation?q=connotation| Definition of Implicature from the Online Oxford English Dictionary] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://cogling.wikia.com/wiki/Connotation| Definition from the Free Encyclopedia of Cognitive Linguistics and Related Disciplines] | ||
* [http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/semantics.htm#5| Definition from Universal Teacher] | * [http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/semantics.htm#5| Definition from Universal Teacher] | ||
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Connotation
/kɒnəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Definition
- An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning (OED).
- The personal or emotional associations aroused by words (Universal Teacher).
Comment:
It is difficult to distinguish the line between a connotation and a denotation, as when a connotation becomes wide-spread and recognised by enough people, then it in fact becomes part of the meaning of the word and is recorded in dictionaries.
Examples
- the word ‘discipline’ has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression
Related terms
Back to the glossary.
References and links
- Group 4's page on implicatures
- Definition of Implicature from the Online Oxford English Dictionary
- Definition from the Free Encyclopedia of Cognitive Linguistics and Related Disciplines
- Definition from Universal Teacher
Literature
- Bieswanger, Markus & Annette Becker (2006): Introduction to English Linguistics (2nd edition). Tübingen and Basel: A. Francke Verlag.
- Levinson, Stephen C (1983): Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.