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Words with similar meanings have similar denotations Often however words with a similar denotation do not have the same connotations Denote implies all that strictly belongs to the definition of the word connote aU of the ideas that are suggested b. Interpersonal Communication. Communication Studies Department. San Jose State University. Dr. Marquita L. Byrd. What is language?. A brush that we use to paint our picture of realty. Symbol system recognized by a speech community. Slides adapted from Dan Jurafsky, Jim Martin and Chris Manning. Three Perspectives on Meaning. Lexical Semantics. The meanings of . individual words. Formal Semantics. (or Compositional Semantics or Sentential Semantics). Word Choice. The Difference Between. Formal, Neutral, and Informal. Formal: Elevated Language. Neutral: A hybrid of formal or informal. . Informal: What you write and speak to friends and family members. Item development. Cognitive complexity. Sample items. ELA Item Design. 4 building blocks. Learning Progression. Item Design. Outcomes/Scoring. Assessment Quality. BEAR Assessment System Step 2. A . match between what is taught and what is . “. the communicative value an expression has by virtue of. . what it refers to. , . over and above its purely conceptual content” (Leech, 1974: 14) . For example, . the word ‘woman’ is defined conceptually by three properties ‘human’, ‘female’, ‘adult’. In addition, the word includes other psychological and social properties such as ‘gregarious’, ‘subject to maternal instinct’. Leech maintains that ‘woman’ has the putative properties of being frail, prone to tears, and emotional. Speech recognition. John Beech. School of Psychology. PS1000. 2. Speech Recognition. . Listening to speech isn’t like reading.. Speech sounds are produced by changing the position and shape of the tongue and the position and shape of the lips. The shape of the vocal tract changes continuously in a fluid way and these shapes depend on previous shapes.. Slides adapted from Dan Jurafsky, Jim Martin and Chris Manning. Three Perspectives on Meaning. Lexical Semantics. The meanings of . individual words. Formal Semantics. (or Compositional Semantics or Sentential Semantics). By Travis Tartar. Denotative Meaning - . endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship. Connotative Meaning - . Merry, jolly, joyful, agrees in referring to someone who is in a good humor. Also refers to that which causes laughter. Jovial suggests someone who is playful.. Starter: can you think of any words, either that we have already discussed, or that you can come up with, where the . meaning. has changed?. How and why do words change their meanings?. Neosemy. The process whereby a new meaning develops for an existing word.. Dr. Holly Kruse. Interpersonal Communication. Verbal Communication. Verbal communication is all communication that uses words.. Word meanings are usually arbitrary: no necessary relationship between word itself and what it represents. . catterpillars. become butterflies. infants . become . speakers. of human languages, . whose meaningful expressions . can be used in . thought and communication. Metamorphosis affects Lifestyle. Denotation. . -. The exact, literal meaning of a word. “The family sat together in front . of a. . warm. . fire.”. The . denotative. . or literal interpretation of . warm. . = . nearly hot (actual temperature) . Disdainfully Humorous.. Denotative Meaning. The denotative meaning of . sardonic. is to mock someone or something and not. care what they think. Since the dictionary definition means a cynical sense of humor,. IN TERMS OF PROPOSITION, THERE ARE FIVE KINDS OF SENTENCES:. ANALYTIC SENTENCES. SYNTHETIC SENTENCES. CONTRADICTION. ENTAILMENT. PARAPHRASE. EXAMPLES OF ANALYTIC SENTENCES. Frozen water is ice. . Bachelors are unmarried men. .