Connotation/Denotation

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Connotation/Denotation

• Words denote the objects they refer to. Olympus
  denotes a sizeable mountain in Greece.
• The connotation of a word is what it suggests (or
  the concepts that are associated with it).
  Olympus connotes mythical beings.

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Stipulative Definition

• Remember this? Theres no particularly good
  answer to this question, but, for the time being,
  lets say that a language is a set of sentences
  (a set is just a collection).
• This was a stipulative definition. I specified
  what I meant by language. One can stipulate
  whatever definition they want, but this will
  ultimately prove nothing in an argument Sticks
  and stones see p. 100 on Victory by
  Definition.
• Sometimes stipulative definitions help to
  simplify a discussion and are acceptable as long
  as they dont distort the meaning of other words.