Harriet Ottenheimer (2006), a writer in Linguistic Anthropology, defines a semantic domain as a “specific area of cultural emphasis”.
[2] Semantic domains are the foundational concept for initial stages of vernacular dictionary building projects.
[3] This uses techniques such as SIL International's Dictionary Development Process (DDP),[4][5] RapidWords, or software such as WeSay[6] or FLEx.
The words latte, cappuccino, or Starbucks probably would not be understood unless one could associate this language with the semantic domain of a coffee shop.
Cross-cultural variability of the semantic domain of emotion terms : an examination of English shame and embarrass with Japanese hazukashii.