Signifier: any material thing that signifies, e.g., words on a page, a facial expression, an image. Signified: the concept that a signifier refers to. ... Denotation: the most basic or literal meaning of a sign, e.g., the word "rose" signifies a particular kind of flower.

Is denotation the same as signifier?

As nouns the difference between signifier and denotation

is that signifier is {{context|linguistics|lang=en}} the sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign while denotation is the act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes.

What is an example of a denotation?

Denotation means the literal definition of a word. To give an example, the denotation for blue is the color blue. ... You mean the girl was quite literally the color blue. You are a dog.