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The work presented in this study comprises of four objectives. The work presented in this study comprises of four objectives. The first objective is to define the connotation itself, whereby the connotation refers to positive, neutral, and negative meanings attached to literal and figurative meanings. The second objective is to set the research goals regarding the connotation; the goals being the semantic polarity and ambivalence. Semantic polarity refers to a word that is used primarily in the sense of positive(P), neutral(NE), or negative meaning(N). Semantic ambivalence refers to a word for which the meanings: (i) P-N, (ii) P-NE, (iii) N-NE, (iv) P-NE-N are used in similar proportions. Within the third objective, the limitations of existing research methods regarding the connotation are analyzed and the ‘Connotation Space(CS)’ is suggested to resolve them. Finally, the connotation of the animal words in the Gasa from 14c to 18c are analyzed by the proposed methodology.