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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesético
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈetiko
"El análisis ético se realiza desde la perspectiva del observador externo."
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Relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, non-structural, and objective from the perspective of an outside observer.
"An etic analysis of the ritual helps external researchers categorize behavioral patterns without requiring local cultural understanding."
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An outside, observer-oriented perspective or account in the study of human behavior and culture.
"The anthropologist combined both etic and emic perspectives to provide a comprehensive ethnographic monograph."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1954 by linguist Kenneth Pike from the suffix '-etic' extracted from the word 'phonetic'. Pike formulated the etic-emic distinction in anthropological linguistics by drawing an analogy from phonetics (observer-oriented acoustic study of speech sounds) and phonemics (native-oriented meaningful structural sound units).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Etic" is said worldwide
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étique
Transliteration: etik
"Une approche étique examine la culture du point de vue de l'observateur externe."
etis
Transliteration: eːtɪʃ
Script: etisch
"Die etische Perspektive betrachtet das Verhalten aus der Sicht des neutralen Beobachters."
etico
Transliteration: ɛtiko
"Il punto di vista etico si basa su categorie universali esterne."
ético
Transliteration: ˈetiko
"El análisis ético se realiza desde la perspectiva del observador externo."
ético
Transliteration: ˈɛtiku
"A abordagem ética examina o fenômeno cultural a partir de critérios externos."
बाह्य-दृष्टिकोण संबंधी
Transliteration: bahya-drishtikon sambandhi
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"एटिक दृष्टिकोण बाहर के पर्यवेक्षक के नजरिए से अध्ययन करता है।"
客位
Transliteration: kèwèi
Script: 中文汉字
"客位分析是从外部观察者的角度对文化进行研究。"
외재적
Transliteration: oejaejeok
Script: 한국어 한글
"외재적 관점은 관찰자의 외부 시각에서 문화를 분석합니다."
客体的
Transliteration: kyakuteki
Script: 日本語
"客体的なアプローチは外部の観察者の視点に基づいている。"
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