dependabilitydemonstrative n
a word (a pronounor a determiner) which refers to something in terms
of whether it is near to or distant from the speaker. The demonstratives in
English are: this, that, these, those.
For example:
You take thesebooks(here) and I’ll take those(there).
In Indonesian they are ini and itu.
buku ini (book this)
buku itu (book that)
denotation ndenotative adj
that part of the meaning of a word or phrase that relates it to phenomena in
the real world or in a fictional or possible world.
For example, the denotation of the English word bird is a two-legged,
winged, egg-laying, warm-blooded creature with a beak. In a meaning system,
denotative meaningmay be regarded as the “central” meaning or “core”
meaning of a lexical item. It is often equated with referential meaning (see
reference) and with cognitive meaningand conceptual meaningalthough
some linguists and philosophers make a distinction between these concepts.
see also connotation
denotative meaning n
see denotation
dental adj
describes a speech sound (a consonant) produced by the front of the
tongue touching the back of the upper front teeth.
For example, in French the /t / in /tyr/ terre “earth” and the /d / in /du/ doux
“sweet” are dental stops.
In English, /t / and /d / are usually alveolarstops. The use of dental in
place of alveolar sounds by non-native speakers of English helps to create
a “foreign accent”.
see also place of articulation, manner of articulation
dependability n
also replicability
(in qualitative research) the issue of whether the same study using the
same methods in a similar context would produce the same results (similar
to the concept of reliabilityin quantitative research). However, since
qualitative researchers believe that the prospects for true replicability are
rare, dependability is often approached in other ways, for example by
having another person systematically review the data and procedures used
by the researcher (a technique sometimes called auditing).