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emic
- /ˈiːmɪk/
Rhymes with -iːmɪk
Where it comes from
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.”
adjective more emic · most emic
- Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture. A useful example of the emic-etic distinction may be made by comparing the concept “waves on the ocean or sea” from the perspective of a European American with that of a Truk Islander […] The proposed etics here might be that both cultures understand the use of waves as vehicles for surfing and as m
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Talk about this word "emic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/emic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. emic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/emic "emic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/emic.Cite this
@misc{emic_2026,
title = {emic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emic},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
