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Word: Emic
Speech Type: Adjective
1950s: abstracted from such words as phonemic (see phoneme) and systemic
ˈiːmɪk
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its internal elements and their functioning rather than in terms of any existing external scheme
Short Definition:denoting approach to study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its internal elements
Examples:- accurate ethnographic description from an internal or emic perspective, from the native point of view
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