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emic, a.|ˈiːmɪk| [f. phonemic a.] (See quot. 1954.) Cf. etic a.
1954K. L. Pike Lang. in Rel. Human Behavior i. ii. 8/1 In contrast to the etic approach an emic one is in essence valid for only one language (or one culture) at a time..; it is an attempt to discover and to describe the pattern of that particular language or culture in reference to the way in which the various elements of that culture are related to each other in the functioning of that particular pattern, rather than an attempt to describe them in reference to a general classification derived in advance of the study of that particular culture. 1969[see etic a.]. 1970Language XLVI. 78 An underbar is sometimes used to point up the correspondences between emic and etic transcriptions. |