"emic" meaning in English

See emic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈiːmɪk/ Forms: more emic [comparative], most emic [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːmɪk Etymology: Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonemic. * Kenneth Lee Pike (1982) Linguistic Concepts: An Introduction to Tagmemics, page 44: “Generalizing from phonemics, I coined the term emic in 1954.” Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Kenneth Pike|in=1954|nat=American|occ=linguist}} Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 Head templates: {{en-adj}} emic (comparative more emic, superlative most emic)
  1. (social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture. Wikipedia link: Emic and etic Categories (topical): Anthropology, Social sciences Coordinate_terms: etic Translations (analyzing a culture from inside): èmic (Catalan), emisch (Dutch), emisch (German), ημικός (imikós) (Greek), emisk (Swedish)
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