what is ethnosemantics? How is it applied?

Answer 1

ETHNOSEMANTIC OUTLINES. (ESO's)
(i) ESO's are patterns of arrangement. These patterns are practically describable in terms of the mathematical properties of spaces (i.e. systems of geometries).
A geometry is the specification of the properties of a space. In other words, it describes the possible location of elements within it and their possible paths or changes in location over time.

Ethnosemantics is the specification of the interconnections that are possible between concepts, by reference to standardized procedures existing within a social group. In other words, these interconnections allow the derivation of topicalization ( cf. connected discourse , sentence, utterance, assertion).

By assuming that these conceptual interconnections (called conceptualizations) are made up of labeled elements (e.g. words, titles, topics, phases, paraphrases, coded references, identified signals, etc.), Lt is possible, then, to investigate the structure of these interconnected elements or points through the ESNOSYS notation system which will now be described.

ESNOSYS stands for Ethnosemantic Notation System. It is a "sub-language" (in programming "language") that is equivalent to geometry or algebra (particularly matrix algebra).

Details about ESNOSYS's rules and corolarries is available at http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/LEONJ/leonpsy/instructor/ethnos/es1.html

Another side:
ETHNOSEMANTICS (ES)

1. ES is the study of the standardized semantic structure of a cultural group. The ethnosemantic structure of a cultural group is displayed in the situated discourse of its participants.

2. A basic premise of ES is that discourse is evoked by ethnosemantic coordinates (see below). Hence the functional analysis of actual discourse performances by participants reveals the underlying ethnosemantic structure of the group.

Checkout http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499ss99/pederson/ethnotes.html for details.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

This entire page is devoted to ethnosemantics - not my field, hope it helps.

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499ss99/pederson/ethnotes.html