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pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior

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Usage examples (21)
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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";...
  • 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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