Dictionary / Conceptual Meaning, The literal meaning of a word / “Dog” → an animal with four legs., Associative Meaning, The ideas or feelings a word brings to mind beyond its literal meaning. / “Home” → warmth, family, comfort., Social Meaning, What language reveals about social context. / “Would you mind…?” (formal) vs “Can you…?” (informal), Affective Meaning, The speaker’s emotions expressed through language. / “I absolutely love this!” → strong positive feeling, Reflective Meaning, A word’s multiple meanings influencing each other. / “Mouse” → an animal, but also reminds us of a computer device, Collocative Meaning, The meaning a word gets from the words it commonly appears with. / “Heavy rain” “Strong coffee”, Thematic Meaning, Meaning conveyed by word order or focus in a sentence. / “John broke the window” vs “The window was broken by John”

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