denotative

But to call the critical writing of Samuel Johnson or S.T. Coleridge or Henry James "theory" is merely to engage in denotative game playing.

Literary Study 2009

It’s by no means impossible to interpret that in denotative terms, split the portmanteau words back into their roots — “moongrowl” as “mongrel”, “moon” and “growl” — take coinages as new signifiers for new signifieds — “rowl” as a combination of “prowl” and “growl” — and so on.

Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009

It’s by no means impossible to interpret that in denotative terms, split the portmanteau words back into their roots — “moongrowl” as “mongrel”, “moon” and “growl” — take coinages as new signifiers for new signifieds — “rowl” as a combination of “prowl” and “growl” — and so on.

Notes on Notes Hal Duncan 2009

White devotes a considerable section of his reply to straightening me out on what philosophers mean by "denotative" and "connotative," for failure to heed this, he suggests, I should "win… some kind of prize for philosophical incompetence."

Letting Go White, Morton 1967

Deluxe carries, in the narrow context in which it finds its widest everyday usage, a clear and concise denotative sense: “accompanied by a slice of tomato, a leaf of iceberg lettuce, fries, and a pickle.”

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Deluxe carries, in the narrow context in which it finds its widest everyday usage, a clear and concise denotative sense: “accompanied by a slice of tomato, a leaf of iceberg lettuce, fries, and a pickle.”

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Personal names have both denotative and connotative functions — shorthand for a bundle of associations attached to a person.

Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

Or can the interpreting find its way through the connotations without bringing the knife to bear in the name of denotative certainty?

Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009

Or can the interpreting find its way through the connotations without bringing the knife to bear in the name of denotative certainty?

Notes on Notes Hal Duncan 2009

Personal names have both denotative and connotative functions — shorthand for a bundle of associations attached to a person.

IPSC: trademark and the consumer Rebecca Tushnet 2009