different between emic vs hemic

English

Etymology

Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonemic.

• 1982, Kenneth Lee Pike, Linguistic Concepts: An Introduction to Tagmemics, page 44:

  Generalizing from phonemics, I coined the term emic in 1954.

Adjective

emic (comparative more emic, superlative most emic)

1. (social sciences) Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.
   • 1996, Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for Substance Abuse Prevention:

     A useful example of the emic-etic distinction may be made by comparing the concept “waves on the ocean or sea” from the perspective of a European American with that of a Truk Islander […] The proposed etics here might be that both cultures understand the use of waves as vehicles for surfing and as movement reflecting the transfer of energy […] certain differences, or emics exist, for European Americans the waves may be sources of beauty — the Truk Islander has learned to use them […] as a road map.

Coordinate terms

• etic

Translations

Anagrams

• ICEM, ICME, cemi, mice

English

Alternative forms

• haemic (chiefly British)
• hæmic (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi.m?k/
• Rhymes: -i?m?k

Etymology 1

From ???? (haîma, “blood”) + -ic

Adjective

hemic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to blood
2. Relating to heme

Derived terms

• monohemic

Etymology 2

Adjective

hemic (not comparable)

1. (of a peat) Somewhat decomposed.

See also

• fibric
• sapric

References

• Peat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Chiem, chemi-, chime, miche