Re: Dictionary of Connotations

Subject: Re: Dictionary of Connotations
From: rjayz -at- yahoo -dot- com
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:48:32 -0700

>>Hi,
I have many, many online and hard copy dictionaries available. However,
I'm
doing some marketing writing, and I was wondering if anyone knows of a
resource (hopefully online) for learning common connotations of words. For
example, I'm thinking of using the word "easy" to describe our product ...
dangerous ground?

Obviously, I know connotations will vary from group to group or person to
person, but I'm looking for something that will at least make me think and
consider my word choice from this angle.
>>

Don't know if this is what you're looking for, but...

There's the "Word Association Thesaurus" at

http://www.eat.rl.ac.uk/

I entered "easy" as the 'stimulus word', then clicked the 'associate'
button. Here's the list it returned:

HARD DIFFICULT SIMPLE CHAIR GOING MONEY EXAMS LIFE WORK ARTS BEAT CINCH
COME COMPLETE EASY EXAM FACILE FEAR GONE GOOD NEVER NO NOTHING SMOOTH SOFT
STREET TASK WAY WET WOMAN

You can then enter one of the above words in the 'response' box to get an
additional set of words based on the connotations of the two words.

HTH

Robin J.




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