[ˈiːmɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its internal elements and their functioning rather than in terms of any existing external scheme
(e.g: accurate ethnographic description from an internal or emic perspective, from the native point of view)


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Origin:
1950s: abstracted from such words as phonemic (see phoneme) and systemic