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  • ______ is the ability of a word to identify all those things or objects that are correctly covered by it; it represents the invariant and context-independent part of meaning.
    Denotation
  • When a speaker uses a word to refer to a specific entity in a specific situation, it is called ______.
    Reference
  • The transference of meaning based on similarity between two things is known as ______, while transference based on association or contiguity is called ______.
    Metaphor; Metonymy
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