# emic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈiːmɪk/

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

## 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.”

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/emic