Emic vs Thetic - What's the difference?
emic | thetic |
(social science) Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.
* 1996 , Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for Substance Abuse Prevention
As adjectives the difference between emic and thetic
is that emic is (social science) of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture while thetic is of or pertaining to a thesis (in prosody).emic
English
(Emic and etic)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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 '''etic'''s 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 ' emic s exist, for European Americans the waves may be sources of beauty — the Truk Islander has learned to use them […] as a road map.
