Question at position 9 The emotional meanings or cultural associations of a worddenotationdictionconnotation

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Question at position 9 The emotional meanings or cultural associations of a worddenotationdictionconnotation

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The question asks to identify the term for the emotional meanings or cultural associations of a word. This is a vocabulary/connotation concept.
Option 1: 'denotation' refers to the literal, dictionary definition of a word, i.e., its explicit sense, not the emotional or cultural overtones. This would be incorrect for the described idea.
Option 2: 'diction' is about word choice and style in language, including the level of formality or the specific vocabulary used, rather than the emotional meaning attached to a word. This is not the term for emotional associations.
Option 3: 'connotation' denotes the ideas, feelings, and cultural associations that a word evokes beyond its literal meaning. This matches the description in the question precisely, making it the correct choice.
Option 4: None of the above options would fit the concept of emotional meanings or cultural associations, so it cannot be the right answer when 'connotation' accurately describes the concept.
In summary, only connotation captures the emotional and cultural associations attached to a word, whereas denotation is the literal meaning, diction concerns word choice, and the remaining option does not align with the given description.

Question at position 9 The emotional meanings or cultural associations of a worddenotationdictionconnotation

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