The connotative meaning of a word is the feeling or idea that the word evokes, in addition to its literal or primary meaning. It's the subtle layer of interpretation that exists beyond the dictionary ...

Less analyzed is the connotative or affective (emotional) meaning of words. One of the useful aspects of examining the affective meaning of words is that most individuals already possess common ...

Higher-pitched sounds are judged to be, among other things, sharper, harder, and brighter than lower-pitched sounds. Following Karwoski, Odbert, and Osgood (Journal of General Psychology 26:199-222, ...

Recently, at an English Language Teaching (ELT) workshop, I asked the participants to write some adjectives that they think are associated with the words ‘fat’ and ‘chubby’. The teacher participants ...

Abstract: Connotative Relationship of sentences and paragraphs provide a much-needed method that can extract the sentiment, emotion and knowledge of a writer. Identifying this inherent relationship ...