11. No episode contains all moves or transactions.
12. No relationship contains all possible transactions.
13. If two moves form a transactional pair, then all sub-moves within each also belongs to the same transaction.
Theorem I
All relationships require an exchange of moves.
Proof: (i) Relationship (implies) joint record (PlO)
(ii) joint record (implies) a history of episodes (self-evident) i.e., at least one episode.
(iii) episode = set of moves (P9)
Relationship requires at least one exchange of moves.
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.
3. ES coordinates are discourse mechanisms that function dialectically to evoke standardized relationships between conceptual units (words, symbols, ideas, morphemes, semantic features, and etc., viz. whatever can be labeled by a word or dictionary entry).
4. ES coordinates obey the principles of mechanical generation. A model of discourse that is mechanically generative is consistent with the contemporary scientific perspective on the Universe that sees everything there is, all activity and process, including "the thought process" and the "creations of the mind," as a unified system of interconnected entities, none of which is "free" or "outside" its deterministic/causative principles of governance (Order, Rule, Nature, God). Thus, ES is essentially the eschatological scientific discipline, the very foundations of knowledge. More simply, ES is the investigation of the nature of understanding.
5. ES coordinates are mathematical or formal objects that behave according to the "laws of geometry". Thus, the simplest geometric object commonly known is the point. The point represents the simplest ES coordinate: the anchor concept. The class of anchor concepts is a finite list. The dictionary is an alphabetized arrangement of the standard anchor concepts. The discourse of participants displays their repertoire of anchor concepts, but no known methods exist today for an exhaustive cataloguing of participants' overall repertoire.
6. The next simplest ES coordinate is that symbolized in Geometry as a line connecting two points. The commonly known discourse dialectic of Opposition falls in this category:
GOOD* Opposition Line *BAD
Others include synonymy, part-whole relation, word-associate, etc., which are known in the literature. Classification schemes exist, and more can be invented, that exhibit many types of relationship between words. These approaches suffer from a lethal internal weakness: no adequate rationale has yet been proposed for a classification scheme that would be sufficiently comprehensive, by reference to the very large number of anchor points (words). Roget's Thesaurus is the only notable exception. However, Roget's classification, though admirable (and should be considered an ES work), is subjective and personal, even if clarifying. ES solves this basic problem by specifying a notation system for the mechanical generation of the classification.
Thus, a geometric line, represents the first level of relationship between anchor points. Instead, now, of attempting to develop a typology of such relationships the ES notation system generates the next highest level of relationship, whatever it may be by reference to some arbitrary or specialized typology.
To Chapter 3: Dialectics of Ethnosemantics (Part 7):