Question

1. What are the components of interpersonal?
2. Define the term "denote". Define the term "connotation.

Answer 1

• Interpersonal refers to something involving, or occurring among several people.The adjective interpersonal really only has one meaning,i.e., about interactions between people.The interaction could be verbal or non-verbal i.e. through gestures or facial expressions.
• To denote is to draw attention to something or to show what it means. A word's denotation is its literal meaning.For example,The word red also denotes a color, and a blue wheelchair painted on a parking spot denotes handicap parking.
• Connotation refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings, in addition to their literal meanings or denotations.For instance, “Wall Street” literally means a street situated in Lower Manhattan, but connotatively it refers to wealth and power.
• Words may have positive or negative connotations that depend upon the social, cultural, and personal experiences of individuals.For example, the words childish,childlike and youthful have the same denotative, but different connotative, meanings. Childish and childlike have a negative connotation, as they refer to immature behavior of a person. Whereas, youthful implies that a person is lively and energetic.