Relationship between Denotative and Connotative Meaning as an Intrasubject Phenomenon

Abstract

67 Ss responded to a multiple-choice type vocabulary test and then marked semantic profiles for stimulus words and response words which were selected from the test. Ss who responded correctly to stimulus words marked more similar semantic profiles between the stimulus words and their respective correct response words than Ss who missed the stimulus words on the test. Ss who incorrectly responded to stimulus words but who indicated that they knew the words and that their chosen responses were good synonyms of them, marked more similar profiles between the stimulus words and their chosen response words than between the stimulus words and the correct response words.