ethnosemantic, a.
(ˌɛθnəʊsiːˈmæntɪk)
[f. ethno- + semantic a.: see next.]
Of or pertaining to ethnosemantics.
| 1967 Word XXIII. 219 In the ‘ethnosemantic’ school of contemporary American anthropology, the analysis of whole semantic regions..in terms of combinations of recurrent features has come to be called a paradigm. 1983 Anthropol. Linguistics XXV. 316 Before revealing these connections, we come to the issue of ethnosemantic misinterpretation. Ibid. 322 The phenomenon of persistence of myth in such diverse form confirms, finally, the ethnosemantic interpretation of the charm. |