Emic vs Emir - What's the difference?
emic | emir |
(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
a prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
a descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
As an adjective 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.As a noun emir is
emir.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.
