Denotation. I can’t stand him, he is so boring and I don’t know
why he’s even considered to be on the same level as me even though we’re nothing alike. He’s just the plain old
literal meaning of a word whereas I’m the set of ideas that are implied with a
word, how could you possibly get us mixed up? I’m the emotional and imaginative
association surrounding a word and Denotation is the strict dictionary meaning
of a word. If you were to ask any good writer which one of us is more useful I
guarantee they would say that I am because let’s face it, when writing the
emotional weight a word carries is way more beneficial to a writer’s message
then the literal meaning of the word. Let’s look at it this way- the word “Home”
could have different interpretations you could take the most basic and specific
meaning of the word, in this case the denotative or literal meaning would be a
place one lives; a residence. Which is the boring route to go, in contrast to
my abstract view which would be that home suggests a place of security, comfort
and family. I just really can’t fathom how much denotation aggravates me, he’s
pretty useless to insightful readers if you ask me.
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