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...

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

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...

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

639-3". sil.org. "Scope of Denotation: Individual Languages". sil.org. "Scope of Denotation: Dialects". sil.org. "Scope of denotation: Macrolanguages". sil...

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...

Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York City, is the southernmost part of Manhattan, the central borough of New York City...

The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area...

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