(2) Connotative meaning
The communicative value an expression has by virtue of what it refers to, over and above its purely conceptual content. (sense or concept of a word)
– handsome: boy, man, car, vessel, overcoat, airliner, typewriter, etc.
(7) Thematic meaning
What is communicated by the way in which a speaker or writer organizes the message, in terms of ordering, focus, and emphasis.
Difference between sense and reference
Sense VS Reference
Abstract properties The concrete entities
of an entity;
having these properties;
Every word has a sense, such as some conceptual content for us to use or understand.
study of the meaning of linguistic units, words and sentences in particular.
Semantics vs. pragmatics
Semantics studies the relatively stable meaning of language.