etic
adjective
social sciences,languagespecializeduk/ˈet.ɪk/us/ˈet.ɪk/relatingto a way ofstudyingordescribingalanguageorculturefrom thepointofviewofpeoplewho do not use thelanguageor wholiveoutsidetheculture:
ThelinguistKenneth L. Pikeproposedadistinctionbetween emic and eticlanguage.
The emic "insider"perspectiveeithercomplementsorinvalidatesthe etic "outsider"perspective.
Compare
emic
- Eticsentencesalsocontainotherinformationbesidesthe emiclanguage.
- The emiclanguagein asociety, i.e. what theinhabitantsthemselves use, is notnecessarilydifferent from the eticlanguageofscholarship.
- For every eticperspective, there will always be an emicperspectivealong with it and I should alwayskeepanopenmindfor otherculturesdifferent from mine.