In the social sciences, the concept of semantic domains stemmed from the ideas of cognitive anthropology.

These words make very little sense when used outside of the semantic domain of basketball.

Another example of a semantic domain would be a coffee shop.

The words latte, cappucino, or Starbucks probably would not be understood unless one could associate this language with the semantic domain of a coffee shop.

This is a highly valuable approach to learning another language and understanding a specific semantic domain of an Ethnography.

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The most significant force in modernization is the expansion of the lexicon, which allows the language to discuss topics in modern semantic domains.

The semantic domain of Biblical soul is based on the Hebrew word nepes, which presumably means "breath" or "breathing being".

Some effects of linguistic relativity have been shown in several semantic domains, although they are generally weak.

Unfortunately, there is little data on kinship terminology; the semantic domains of each term within the system are unclear.