| 释义 |
etic, a.|ˈɛtɪk|
[f. phonetic a. Coined by K. L. Pike.]
Describing a generalized, nonstructural approach to the description of language and behaviour. Cf. emic a.
1954K. L. Pike Language in Rel. Human Behavior i. ii. 8/1 In..the etic approach to the data, an author is primarily concerned with generalized statements about the data. Ibid. 8/2 The etic approach is comprised of a complex of goals and procedures. 1965Language XLI. 95 His concern is primarily with the etic-emic dichotomy. 1969English Studies L. 586 One person will shake hands with you by lifting your hand up to about shoulder height and then drop it, another will move your hand less high and then down again, a third will ‘pump’ it up and down two or three times; in Western culture these may be called etic differences and can be viewed as various realizations of the one emic element: ‘shaking hands’. |