What does the concept of denotation refer to?Group of answer choicesThe broader values, beliefs and meanings attached to the signifierAn overall lack of meaningThe level at which there is a simple, basic and descriptive understanding of what is being signifiedThe connotative meaning of a sign

What is a word's denotation?A.Its previous contextB.Its literal meaningC.Its implied feelingD.Its cultural associations

What do connotation and denotation mean? Provide examples using American English and British English.

Which is an example of connotation versus denotation?Group of answer choicesThe word "chicken" can be found in the dictionary referring to an animal, but can also be used to call someone a coward.A rock can be a stone, or it can be a back-and-forth motion.A lamb is a term for a young sheep. It is also a term for an innocent or meek person.A desert is a barren landscape with little water. You can also be said to desert someone when you leave them.

Hobbs summarises the way that Barthes explains layers of meaning that we can make from signs on pages 90-92. He states "connotation signifies a second-order meaning of the original sign, built on top of its first order meaning", and that this leads "ultimately to connote cultural and political values" (p. 91). This means that (choose the best answer)Group of answer choicesthere is no way to know what a sign really meansconnotation can connect signs to more abstract cultural and political meaningsthere can only ever be two meanings for a sign - the denotative and the connotativeconnotative meanings have to be directly connected to the denotative meaningconnotative meaning invalidates the denotative meaning of the sign

The use of signs and non-verbal language that make and circulate a coherent set of meanings about an important topic.  These serve the interests of those who create them.a. Discourseb. Ideologyc. Social Constructiond. All of the above