etic
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonetic.
- Kenneth Lee Pike (1962) With Heart and Mind: A Personal Synthesis of Scholarship and Devotion, page 37: “I have coined the term etic to refer to the detached observer’s view […]”
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Adjective edit
etic (comparative more etic, superlative most etic)
- (social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.
- 1996, Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for Substance Abuse Prevention:
- 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 movement reflecting the transfer of energy […] certain differences, or emics exist, for European Americans the waves may be sources of beauty — the Truk Islander has learned to use them […] as a road map.
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Translations edit
analyzing a culture from outside
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Central Nahuatl edit
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etic
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan. Cognate with Hopi putu (“heavy”) and O'odham we:c.
Pronunciation edit
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etic
References edit
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 208.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 10.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 210.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French éthique, from Latin ethicus.
Adjective edit
etic m or n (feminine singular etică, masculine plural etici, feminine and neuter plural etice)