HSS 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Linguistics, Deep South, Connotation
26 Sep 2016
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Verbal communication: the ways in which we use words to generate meaning; includes. Consider the many ways in which people define the word love. Sign: an image that stands for or represents something specific and often looks like or depicts the thing that it represents. Symbol: an arbitrary collection of sounds that in certain combinations stand for concepts. Unlike signs do not have direct relationship to the things they represent. (ex. Denotation: the specific and objective-dictionary-based meaning of a word. Connotation: emotional response or personal thoughts connected to the meaning of a word. More likely to influence your response to words. (ex. cop vs police officer) Concrete: specific things you perceive with your senses- things you can smell, taste, touch, see, or hear. (ex. table, paris, giraffe, red rose and not furniture, city, animal, and flower) Abstract: ideas or concepts that usually cannot be observed or touched and often require interpretation (ex.
