Emic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to features or items analyzed with respect to their role as structural units in a system, as in behavioral science or linguistics.
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  • adj. Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.
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    "Taking the lead from contextual as we anthropologists say, "emic" distinctions is not a bad place to start; it's just such interplay between the particular and theory that generates new insights."
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