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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesémique
Pronunciation / Transliteration: emik
"L'approche émique est essentielle pour comprendre cette tradition."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Relating to or involving analysis of a cultural system from the perspective of a participant or insider.
"The anthropologist adopted an emic approach to fully understand the community's spiritual rituals."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coinage from the linguistic term phonemic, coined by linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 by extracting the suffix '-emic' and applying it to cultural anthropology. It derives ultimately from Greek 'phōnē' (sound) via modern linguistic terminology, contrasting with 'etic'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Emic" is said worldwide
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émique
Transliteration: emik
"L'approche émique est essentielle pour comprendre cette tradition."
emisch
Transliteration: /ˈeːmɪʃ/
"Die emische Perspektive beleuchtet die Sichtweise der Einheimischen."
emico
Transliteration: /ˈɛmiko/
"Un approccio emico permette di cogliere il significato locale."
émico
Transliteration: /ˈemiko/
Script: émico
"La perspectiva émica valora el punto de vista del actor social."
êmico
Transliteration: /ˈẽmiku/
"A análise êmica revela os significados internos da cultura."
आंतरिक दृष्टिकोण संबंधी
Transliteration: antrik drishtikon sambandhi
"एमिक दृष्टिकोण किसी संस्कृति को अंदर से समझता है।"
主位
Transliteration: zhǔwèi
"研究人员采用了主位视角来了解当地文化。"
내지적
Transliteration: naeji-jeok
"이 연구는 문화의 내지적 관점을 강조한다."
エミック
Transliteration: emikku
"エミックな視点は文化内部からの理解をもたらす。"
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