In linguistics and philosophy, the denotation of a word or expression is its strictly literal meaning. For instance, the English word "warm" denotes the...

In computer science, denotational semantics (initially known as mathematical semantics or Scott–Strachey semantics) is an approach of formalizing the meanings...

In semiotics, denotation is the surface or the literal meaning, the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary. Drawing from the original word or...

carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation. A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative...

sense-reference distinction is commonly confused with that between connotation and denotation, which originates with John Stuart Mill. According to Mill, a common term...

Denotational 1: Primary denotation, for example "head" (body); Denotational 2: Secondary denotation by resemblance with other denotation: "head" (ship); Connotational...

signifiier. Connotation and denotation Connotation Denotation Connotation in semiotics Denotation in semiotics Denotational semantics Fully abstract Information...

The denotational semantics of the Actor model is the subject of denotational domain theory for Actors. The historical development of this subject is recounted...

belong to three major classes: Denotational semantics, whereby each phrase in the language is interpreted as a denotation, i.e. a conceptual meaning that...

the Prophet Elijah in the Hebrew Bible. Scholars dispute the precise denotation of the word. The words of 1 Kings 17:1 are usually rendered as "Elijah...

proof method employed in programming language semantics to show that two denotational semantics are equivalent. To describe the process, let us denote the...

concepts can apply to photography as well. Denotation refers to the meaning hidden in symbols or images. A denotation is "what we see" in the picture or what...

particular type of arbitrary denotation. Denotation and exemplification are both types of reference. Goodman calls denotation the "core of representation...

descriptions raise some difficult questions about the law of excluded middle, denotation, modality, and mental content. As France is currently a republic, it has...

pronunciation: [ˈbʊndəsˌʃtʁaːsə] , lit. 'federal highway'), abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways. Germany's Bundesstraßen network...

ambiguous: compare Manchester United are rich beyond my wildest dreams. Denotation is the relation existing between a lexical item and a set of potential...

developed in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. However, the denotation has changed since its 18th century coinage to comprehend the entire political...

uses ISO 639-2/T. The codes in ISO 639-2 have a variety of "scopes of denotation", or types of meaning and use, some of which are described in more detail...

significant differences in sound to potential (correct) differential denotation. The Saussurean sign exists only at the level of the synchronic system...

Everything is considered as being in three categories, object (referent, denotation), name, or concept (sense). The ontology was developed by Alonzo Church...

another moment of denotation, but this neglects the mediational character of the whole transaction in which this occurs. Denotation and connotation have...

In propositional logic, tautological consequence is a strict form of logical consequence in which the tautologousness of a proposition is preserved from...

at Oxford University. Early in his career, in the 1970s, he worked on denotational semantics with Christopher Strachey in the Programming Research Group...

while sheltering from adverse weather. Sunroom and solarium have the same denotation: solarium is Latin for "place of sun[light]". Solaria of various forms...

same meaning share a seme or denotational sememe, whereas those with inexactly similar meanings share a broader denotational or connotational sememe and...

otherwise a profile of ISO 8601, permits the use of "−00" with the same denotation as "+00" but a differing connotation: an unknown UTC offset. To represent...

"tagged-signal" model can be used to provide a common framework for defining the denotational semantics of a variety of different models of concurrency, while Nielsen...

expressions that are separately covered, on the one hand, by the concepts of denotation and extension, and on the other hand, by the concepts of connotation and...

ordinary denotation of a sentence is simply whatever denotation it would have in a non-alternative-based system while its focus denotation can be thought...

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