Here are the different types of connotative meaning. Find out below!
TYPES OF CONNOTATIVE MEANING – There’s a distinction between ‘connotation’ and ‘denotation’ and here are the different types of the former.
The dictionary defines “connotative” as a secondary meaning influenced by the surrounding context which is in addition to their literal or concise definition. “Connotative” is an adjective and on the other hand, “connotation” is the noun form of the word. In language, communication, and literature, the meaning of the word is what holds its power, its core.
In literature, a connotative meaning can be positive, negative, or neutral. It depends on the context.
- Denotative is the dictionary meaning.
- Connotative expands to the emotional context of the word.
Types of connotative
- Attitudinal – It expresses an attitude. For example, “house” and “home”. “House” is neutral or simply a structure but when we say “home”, it has an emotional impact that says something about safety and security.
- Associative – It has expectations that are wrongly associated with what it stands for. One example, “Crusade” in English is positive but if written in Arabic, it has a negative association with the Crusades to Palestine of the Middle Age.
- Affective – This is how the speaker’s emotion or tone impacts the words. The speakers attitude can create a different impact.
- Allusive – It is when the speaker says a related saying or quote and this saying or quote eventually becomes a part of the overall meaning.
- Reflective – This is the existence of two or more denotative meanings for one word.
- Collocative – When a word is associated with the meaning that occurs in the environment. For example, “pretty” and “handsome” both mean “good looking” but “pretty” is associated with girl, woman, village, garden, flower, and others while “handsome” is associated with boy, man, and others.