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What is sense ?
literal meaning of the word
set of characteristics that a speaking community has of a certain word
what a word refers to
idea that speakers have of the meaning of the word
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What is a reference?
lies in the words alone
the set of all individuals (of objects) that qualify to belong to a certain lexical category
a set of features/ properties which remain constant and which all the elements supposedly share
what a word refers to
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What is extension?
a set of characteristics that a speaking community has of a certain word
a set of features/ properties which remain constant and which all the elements supposedly share
the set of all individuals (of objects) that qualify to belong to a certain lexical category
literal meaning of the word,
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What is denotation?
literal meaning of the word
A set of characteristics that a speaking community has of a certain word
set of all individuals (of objects) that qualify to belong to a certain lexical category
set of features/ properties which remain constant and which all the elements supposedly share
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What is intension?
what a word refers to
set of characteristics that a speaking community has of a certain word
set of all individuals (of objects) that qualify to belong to a certain lexical category
set of features/ properties which remain constant and which all the elements supposedly share
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What is connotation?
A set of characteristics that a speaking community has of a certain word
literal meaning of the word
set of features/ properties which remain constant and which all the elements supposedly share
set of all individuals (of objects) that qualify to belong to a certain lexical category
