Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to phenomena considered as meaningful structural units within a system such as a language or culture.
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- adjective social sciences Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kenneth L. Pike - who coined "emic" and "etic" to get at the persepectiveS any particular person may have subjective, objective, and otherwise - gave me Nagel's book to read.
The View From Everywhere: Impartiality, Objectivity and Other Ideals James F. McGrath 2009
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Taking the lead from contextual as we anthropologists say, "emic" distinctions is not a bad place to start; it's just such interplay between the particular and theory that generates new insights.
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Even so, your point (and comment in general) target the tension (and there always is a tension) between what we call, in a shorthand-fashion, the "emic" and the "etic"; that is, a point of view from inside a context, and one from outside it.
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Some important terms were introduced - e.g. 'emic' and 'etic' - but not taken to enough depth in examples to drive home the deeper implications.
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Some important terms were introduced - e.g. 'emic' and 'etic' - but not taken to enough depth in examples to drive home the deeper implications.
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Some important terms were introduced - e.g. 'emic' and 'etic' - but not taken to enough depth in examples to drive home the deeper implications.
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Some important terms were introduced - e.g. 'emic' and 'etic' - but not taken to enough depth in examples to drive home the deeper implications.
CounterPunch 2010
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Some important terms were introduced - e.g. 'emic' and 'etic' - but not taken to enough depth in examples to drive home the deeper implications.
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It is easy to call Le Guin's writing ethnographic, given her background, but this story gets under the emic skin of the people of Omelas as it frames a view from the outside.
MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 2 of 2) 2009
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What happens when that emic view comes into conflict with the etic view is a complex issue.
University pays damages to Indian tribe for alleged misuse of DNA - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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