Examples of Denotation and Connotation Meanings

 

1. “You don’t sleep?”

Denotational meaning is an utterance in a form of question, asking the hearer why she/he still awake, refering to the hearer activity.

Interactional meaning behind the utterance could be:

- The speaker asking or wanting the hearer to sleep

- Telling the speaker that’s it’s late

- The speaker concern about the hearer’s health . The hearer could be sick.

- The speaker don’t want the hearer to be around, or the speaker prefer the hearer not around.

- Or even the speaker just want to start the convo by asking the speaker, or he/she try to build the phatic function of language

 

2. “I’m pregnant”

Denotaional meaning of the utterance is a declarative sentence, stating or informing that the speaker is pregnant, refering to the speaker condition of being pregnant.

Interactional meaning could be:

-          the speaker is full

-          the speaker refusing to eat an offering food

-          the speaker may have a fat belly

-          the speaker refusing to do something hard, and wanting the hearer to do it.

 

3. “it’s so hot!”

Denotational meaning is the assertion informing or stating about the temperature.

Conotational meaning could be:

-          the speaker refusing to eat something because of the temperature.

the speaker giving a reason or asking a permission to open the window/door because of the temperature.

the speaker wanting or expecting the hearer to open a window//door because of the unwanted temperature.

-          the speaker complaining about the food/drink

-          the speaker informing that the weather is good to sunbath

-          the speaker refusing invitation to go.

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