Types of semantic components
The leading semantic component in the semantic structure of a word is termed denotative component. It expresses the conceptual content of a word.
The following list presents denotative components of some English adjectives and verbs:
Denotative components
lonely, adj. → alone, without company
notorious, adj. → widely known
celebrated, adj. → widely known
to glare, v. → to look
to glance, v. → to look
It is obvious that the definitions given in the right column only partially describe the meanings of their corresponding words. To give a more or less full picture of the meaning of a word, it is necessary to include in the scheme of analysis additional semantic components which are termed connotations or connotative components.
Let us complete the semantic structure of the words given above introducing connotative components into the schemes of their semantic structures:
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