The study of how members of a speech community categorize their experience, especially by analysing the semantic organization of the vocabulary of the community.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in American Anthropologist. From ethno- + semantics.
Definition of ethnosemantics in US English:
ethnosemantics
nounˌɛθnəʊsɪˈmantɪks
Social Sciences Linguistics
The study of how members of a speech community categorize their experience, especially by analysing the semantic organization of the vocabulary of the community.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in American Anthropologist. From ethno- + semantics.