Presser saw that, while "not allow" and "forbid" might literally mean the same thing, the difference in the connotations of the words — the intimidating, legalistic tone of "forbid," compared with the gentler, parental tone of "not allow" — was significant enough to reverse a person's stated opinion on an issue and alter the majority result of a survey.
This difference in the connotation between Kenyan and Benin respondents may be due to the fact that so-called "motivation allowances" ("primes de motivation") have been introduced in Benin, that may have changed the meaning of motivation from a state of mind to that of an incentive.
Cultural differences in the health of one's reference group, different expectations of one's health, and differences in response style, or in the connotation of the symptom questions, may play a role, so that it is uncertain whether the symptom scales function equivalently in all three groups.
Although small differences were noted in the positive connotations reported by respondents in Iran, Portugal, and the UK, they were not statistically significant.
In Russia, the connotations are "treatment" and "disability".
As is typical, these synonyms cover the same general semantic territory, but have nuanced differences in their meanings and connotations.
The one that finally worked was, "Which of your resources are threatened (menacées), and by what?" Maybe it was the emphasis on resources instead of threats, or maybe it was the slight difference in connotation for menace and menacées.
Thesauruses group words very loosely by general meaning, and there is often a significant difference in connotation between them.
In contrast to the connotations of the social representation, the content of the social representation of the four countries varied.
To that end, I want to highlight some of the key differences in design language that I bring from architecture, and the connotations our words take on when viewed from a different lens.
