Affective fallacy — is a term from literary criticism used to refer to the supposed error of judging or evaluating a text on the basis of its emotional effects on a reader. The term was coined by W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley as a principle of New Criticism. The … Wikipedia
affective, effective — The primary meaning of affective is emotional, caused by or expressing feeling and sentiment : Many scenes in Dickens s novels are affective. Effective has several meanings, the primary one being producing the intended or expected results : The… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Associative meaning — According to the semantic analysis of Geoffrey Leech, the associative meaning of an expression has to do with individual mental understandings of the speaker. They, in turn, can be broken up into six sub types: connotative, collocative, social,… … Wikipedia
literal meaning — Synonyms and related words: affective meaning, bearing, coloring, connotation, consequence, denotation, drift, effect, essence, extension, force, gist, grammatical meaning, idea, impact, implication, import, intension, lexical meaning, meaning,… … Moby Thesaurus
emotive meaning — the emotional connotation of a word or expression that is used instead of one having a similar meaning but less affective quality, as the connotation of murder when used instead of homicide or drunk instead of inebriated. [1940 45] * * * … Universalium
emotive meaning — the emotional connotation of a word or expression that is used instead of one having a similar meaning but less affective quality, as the connotation of murder when used instead of homicide or drunk instead of inebriated. [1940 45] … Useful english dictionary
Affect control theory — In control theory (sociology) Affect control theory proposes that individuals maintain affective meanings through their actions and interpretations of events. The activity of social institutions occurs through maintenance of culturally based… … Wikipedia
David R. Heise — David Reuben Jerome Heise (born March 15, 1937) is a social psychologist who originated the idea that affectual processes control interpersonal behavior. Additionally he contributes to both quantitative and qualitative methodology in sociology.… … Wikipedia
Semantic differential — Diagnostics Fig. 1. Modern Japanese version of the Semantic Differential. The Kanji characters in background stand for God and Wind respectively, with the compound reading Kamikaze . (Adapted from Dimensions of Meaning. Visual Statistics… … Wikipedia
Коул, Майкл (психолог) — Майкл Д. Коул (англ. Michael D. Cole) (13 апреля 1938) американский профессор коммуникации и психологии Калифорнийского университета в Сан Диего (UCSD) (с 1978 года), основатель и директор лаборатории сравнительного человеческого… … Википедия
connotation — Synonyms and related words: affective meaning, allegory, allusion, arcane meaning, assumption, bearing, coloration, coloring, consequence, denotation, drift, effect, essence, extension, force, gist, grammatical meaning, hint, idea, impact,… … Moby Thesaurus