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 ...

The denotative and connotative meanings of words have experienced a distinct semantic shift in this age of our too much exposure to digital screen. Great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy says: “The more ...

A form of the semantic differential was administered to 8 groups of fifth-grade children who differed in their test-anxiety status, sex, and in the condition under which they were administered the ...