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The CONNOTATION of a term is what that term implies ; the DENOTATION of a term is what the term can be applied to . As we enlarge the connotation ( by way of adjectives or adjectivesubstitutes ) so we limit the denotation .
The CONNOTATION of a term is what that term implies ; the DENOTATION of a term is what the term can be applied to . As we enlarge the connotation ( by way of adjectives or adjectivesubstitutes ) so we limit the denotation .
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Appropriated as it is to a single individual we call the term a PROPER NOUN . To be sure , the same name may be the index of many individuals . Sydney is such a term . It is applicable . to many persons and to many places .
Appropriated as it is to a single individual we call the term a PROPER NOUN . To be sure , the same name may be the index of many individuals . Sydney is such a term . It is applicable . to many persons and to many places .
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Notice , too , the manner in which Shakespeare after he has been moralising in general terms , drives home his thought by a specific term familiar to everyone . Here is Hamlet's question : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time ...
Notice , too , the manner in which Shakespeare after he has been moralising in general terms , drives home his thought by a specific term familiar to everyone . Here is Hamlet's question : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | A Manual of Good English |
| Auteur | William Jayne Weston |
| Uitgever | George Newnes, 1950 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 27 sep 2007 |
| Lengte | 318 pagina's |
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