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emic and etic: a standalone construct

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Anthropology

the distinction between describing a culture in terms meaningful to its members and in terms of an observer's comparative categories.

In anthropology, emic and etic refers to the distinction between describing a culture in terms meaningful to its members and in terms of an observer's comparative categories. This meaning comes from Harris (1976) in Annual Review of Anthropology.[1]

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References

Harris, M. (1976). History and Significance of the EMIC/ETIC Distinction. Annual Review of Anthropology, 5(1), 329-350. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.an.05.100176.001553

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