ABSTRACT

Practical 6 Tutor notes The major conceptual problems which students encounter in this chapter are the differentiation in practical analysis of different kinds of connotative meaning, and, in certain cases, the distinction between connotative meaning and denotative meaning. Where problematic cases arise, the tutor should avoid getting bogged down in over-complex theoretical discussion. If, for example, it is not clear whether a particular connotative meaning is an example of attitudinal or affective meaning (or both), it is likely to be enough to analyse the meaning in question as attitudinaVaffective meaning. Similarly, no practical harm is done if one acknowledges that in borderline cases it may be equally reasonable to analyse a particular example either as denotative meaning or as connotative meaning. As always, the categories introduced here are designed to facilitate practical analysis and therefore effective translation, rather than to provide a watertight abstract theoretical framework.