Journal The denotational theory of meaning

·       September 11^th, 2013

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     The denotational theory of meaning

In this class was explained the denotational theory of meaning, through an exposition, and then we had to answer some questions in order to include it in the portfolio.

    The denotational theory refers to our beliefs, so the meaning that comes to our mind, when we talk about a word or concept, that already is famous, and has a perception. In pairs we had to give one example of an expression for which this is false.

·     We wrote about Gabriel Garcia Marquez, because when we talk of him, we almost immediately think in the price Nobel of literature. But that does not say that it is the only meaning. Maybe we can was talking about another person, a friend, a partner, so it can change the meaning depending of the context and the connotation of the speaker.

     The activity was good because we could interact with our partners also we could realized the real importance of the topic, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its meaning, however, the part referred to varies by context.