emic

Meanings

Adj

Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.

Origin / Etymology

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.”

Scrabble Score: 8

emic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
emic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
emic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

emic is a valid Words With Friends word