The structures, rules, and techniques used to communicate meaning in language are referred to as

The answer is "Grammar".

In language, grammar is the arrangement of regulations overseeing the creation of statements, expressions, and words in any given common dialect. The term alludes additionally to the investigation of such principles, and this field incorporates phonology, morphology, and syntax, frequently supplemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.