emkuni

valsi

emkuni

type

fu'ivla

creator

Xabju

time entered

Tue Jun 5 19:18:41 2018  

English

Definition #70746 - Preferred

 

definition

x₁ is an emic unit abstracted from etic unit/set of units x₂ in theoretical field/according to theoretical model x₃; x₁ is emic.

notes

Counterpart to etkuni 'etic unit'; synonymous with se etkuni. A distinction between 'emic' and 'etic' units is made in many schools of linguistics. (A very different emic-etic distinction is used in anthropology and sociology, referring to contrasting approaches to field research.) The terms derive from 'phonemic' and 'phonetic'. The phoneme is the prototypical emic unit; it is a meaningful entity abstracted from a class of physically distinct sounds (allophones), which are its constituent 'etic' units. A distinction is likewise made between morphemes (emic) and allomorphs (etic), and between graphemes and glyphs. Other emic terms that have seen academic use include 'grammeme', 'sememe', 'noeme', 'tagmeme', and 'taxeme'.

jargon type

Linguistics

gloss words

• emic
• emic unit

place keywords

1.

         emic unit

2.

         etic units

3.

         field ; theoretical (sub)field, such as phonology or morphology

created by

Xabju

vote information

2

time

Wed Jun 6 02:22:43 2018

Examples

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