Explain briefly any three semantic barriers to communication.
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Denotative Barrier: direct meaning of any word which must be shared by two people to understand is a denotative barrier. The barriers that arise due to the definition or meaning of a word used differently by sender and receiver is denotative barriers of communication. They disagree on the meaning of a word as they are unaware of the other persons’ meaning.
Connotative Barrier: The implied meaning of a word is known as Connotative meaning. Connotative barrier in communication refers to the difference of meaning according to different abstract situations, contexts, actions and feelings. Both the communicators know both meanings of the word, but use only one meaning according to the context, which might be being used differently in the context.