A term's denotative function is, to be the name or sign of something or some multitude of things, which are said to be called or denoted by the term.
Barbara, may represent the denotative relations of P, M and S in Darii; though no doubt the diagram we generally think of as representing Darii is No.
Besides their use in illustrating the denotative force of propositions, these circles may be employed to verify the results of Obversion, Conversion, and the secondary modes of Immediate Inference.
Most terms (the exceptions and doubtful cases will be discussed hereafter) have two functions, a denotative and a connotative.
Another peculiar doctrine expounded here is that all words have natural denotativepowers by which they themselves out of their own nature refer to certain objects irrespective of their comprehension or non-comprehension by the hearer.
Words are thus acknowledged to be denotative of themselves.
The French, who are more precise than we in their use of denotative terms, are accustomed to divide their novelistic fiction into what they call the roman, the nouvelle, and the conte.
In every language those words which are denotative of sounds are nearly always also imitative of them.
Brahman); since (their denotative power) is effected by the being of that (i.
In other words, as the terms 'fire' and so on have denotative power with regard to particular things only, their denotative power with regard to Brahman is secondary, indirect only.
Brahman a denotative power which is not 'bhâkta,' i.
But to interpret all these words as denoting Brahman is to set aside their special denotative power as established by etymology!
In agreement herewith those scholars who explain to us the sense of imperative sentences, teach that in imperative sentences belonging to ordinary speech all words have an implied meaning only (not their directly denotative meaning).
Because the denotativepower of all words is dependent on the being of Brahman.
The utmost that a parrot will do is to extend the denotative name from one particular dog to another particular dog, which, however, may differ considerably from the former as to size, colour, and general appearance.
Here it is evident that Ilda served to convey the generic idea of Young, and so, from having been originally used as a proper or denotative name, was now employed as an adjective or connotative name.
Meaning here, then, can be neither the connotative nor denotative reference of a term; they are covered by the two prior formulae.
The meaning may be the conception or definition of an object; it may be the denotative existential reference of an idea; it may be actual value or importance.
The sympathetic and affectionate quality of our barnyard fowl is perhaps best indicated by the singular variety and denotative value of their various calls and cries.
From a great body of well-attested observations, showing what may be called the logical quality of the mind of these creatures, I may be allowed to select a few stories which have a singular denotative value.
