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SEVEN TYPES OF MEANING

1)Conceptual Meaning
2)Connotative Meaning
3)Collocative Meaning
4)Stylistic Meaning
5)Reflective Meaning
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6)Affective Meaning
7)Thematic Meaning
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1) Conceptual Meaning
Conceptual which means abstract meaning that is additionally
famous is the denotative or psychological feature which means is
widely assumed to be the central consider communication. We can
also call the conceptual Meaning as literal or dictionary meaning.
Also known as “denotative” or cognitive” meaning. This type of
meaning can be explained by breaking the world into different
semantic constituents. Conceptual meaning is also called logical or
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cognitive meaning.
The example of the conceptual Meaning is that.
Boy: = +HUMAN+MALE-ADULT
Girl: = +HUMAN-MALE-ADULT
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1) Conceptual Meaning
In semantics, conceptual meaning is the literal or core sense of a word. Thistype
of meaning is also known as logical, cognitive, or denotative content. Itrefers to
the dictionary meaning, which indicates the concepts. Conceptualmeaning
aims to provide an appropriate semantic representation of asentence. It
is the base for all the other types of meaning.If a person wants to relate one
particular meaning of any word with anotherparticular meaning, he/ she
needs to know the concept of the word. Forexample, the meaning of the
word ‘Woman’ can be specified as the example of the conceptual Meaning is
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that.
Is a human
Not a male
Is an adult
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2) Connotative Meaning
Connotative is kind of associated meaning. Certain characteristics or features
are associated with a particular world. Connotative meaning includes not only
physical characteristics but also psychological, historical and social properties.
For example, the word women mean gregarious, emotional, sensitive etc. The
other example is that rose. The conceptual meaning of the word rose is a flower
but its connotative meaning is freshness. Similarly, the connotative meaning of
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2) Connotative Meaning
Connotation points to a meaning that uses a particular word beyond
its conceptual meaning. That means when a word has more than one meaning, it
is called connotative meaning. These meanings may vary from society to
society, culture to culture, or person to person. They include not only
physical characteristics but also psychological and social properties. This
type of meaning is open-ended. For example, some people say women are soft-
hearted,
Course submissive,
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women with their psychological perspectives. It is also unstable. For example, in
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the past, women were attributed as frail, cowardly, irrational, inconsistent.

They are now treated as strong-willed, hard workers, etc. In the
future, they will probably be treated differently.

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3) Collocative Meaning
Collocative meaning consists of the associations a word acquire on account of
the meaning of words. Which tend to occur in its environment. It is created with
the collocative of one word with the other.
In Collocative Meaning, a particular word goes with another particular word.
Linguistic communication conspicuously includes the communication of
something through association with words which tend to occur in the context of
another
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For example: handsome, beautiful, passed away etc

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Boy collocates with handsome.

Girl collocates with pretty.
Road collocates with long.

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3) Collocative Meaning
A collocation is a familiar grouping of words, especially words that
habitually appear together and convey meaning by association. In
collocative meaning, a particular word goes with another
particular word. Pretty and handsome share familiar ground in the
meaning ‘good-looking,’ but these words are different at their
appropriate use case.
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In details-
Pretty is appropriate for – girl, woman
Handsome is appropriate for – boy, man
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4) Stylistic Meaning
Stylistic meaning is that meaning is created specifically by the use of
language. When we say the same thing in different ways the stylistic
meaning is created. stylistic meaning results from a “style”. Hockett defines
“Style” beautifully saying, “two utterance in the same language which convey
approximately the same meaning but which are different in their linguistic
structure can be said to differ in style.”
For example, “he died” “he expired” “he left for heavenly aboard” in these
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sentence the same meaning has been expressed in different styles.

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5) Reflective Meaning
Reflective meaning is the meaning which arises in cases of multiple
conceptual meaning. It is what is communicated through association with
another sense of the same expression. It occurs when one sense of word
forms part of our response to another sense.
The example of reflected meaning is a synonymous expression of “The
Comforter and “The Holy Ghost” both referring to the Third person of the
Trinity, one may find one's reactions to these terms conditioned by the
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everyday non-religious meanings of “The Comforting” and “Ghost”. “The
Comforter” sounds warm and “Comforting”, while 'the Holy Ghost' sounds
awesome.

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5) Reflective Meaning
Meaning in semantics, reflected meaning is an event whereby a
particular word or phrase is correlated with multiple sense or
meaning. It is a kind of irony.
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company.
For example, by using the word gay, the poet tries to mean
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something joyful. However, this word usually refers to

homosexuality.

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6) Affective Meaning
Affective meaning is largely a parasite category in the sense that to express our emotions
we rely upon the mediation of the other categories of meaning-conceptual, connotative or
stylistic. Emotional expressions through style come about, for instance, when we adopt an
impolite tone to express friendliness.
On the other hand, there are elements of language whose chief function is to express
emotion. When we use these, we communicate feelings and attitudes without the
mediation if any other kind of semantic function.
Affective
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content of the words used. Affective meaning is largely a parasite category in the sense
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that to express our emotions. We rely upon the mediation of other categories of meaning
conceptual, connotative or stylistic. Hence, factors such as intonation and voice timbre
also play an important role.

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6) Affective Meaning
Meaning It refers to the speaker’s feelings, emotions, attitude towards
the ongoing context: the pitch level, intonation, and tone of the speaker
changes based on the situation.

For example, if we talk with a motherless child, we will be very

emotional, and we will talk in a very soft manner. In the same way, when
weNo &become angry, our voices become louder.
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7) Thematic Meaning
The final of meaning is the thematic meaning. Thematic meaning is
mainly a matter of selection between alternative grammatical
constructions. In thematic meaning, the theme remains the same, but
the order of two sentences many changes. Thematic meaning is
mainly a matter of choice between alternative grammatical
construction.
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Ex: Rama killed Ravana.

Ravana was killed by Rama.

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THANK
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YOU
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