Talk:Emic and etic

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At least needs some examples... Towsonu2003 22:57, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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"An "etic" account is a description of a behavior in terms familiar to the observer." isn't in accordance with "making universal claims will rely on etic accounts." --> if the scientist rely on his/her own observations ("etic" according to the first sentence), s/he cannot make universal claims because he'll be acting on imposed etic (researcher imposing own perspective / emic on the subject) Towsonu2003 23:02, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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Musicologist and semiologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez (1990: 61) describes an "'emic' approach" as "an analysis that reflects the viewpoint of the native informants" and an "'etic' approach" as "an analysis accomplished only by means of the methodological tools and categories of the researcher."

because it is unclear and can only confuse the reader. Assuming Nattiez is correct in his definition of emic, the question is, how do we know what the emic view is? In the social sciences, it is through the research of an investigator, using particular methodological tools. Thus, his definition of etic does not serve to distinguish etic from emic. In fact, both emic and etic together comprise methodological tools Nattiez refers to but only in relation to etic. Slrubenstein | Talk 15:03, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

"whether the phones /b/ and /v/ make a contrast in meaning in a minimal pair in the language" -Quote from the article.

Just thought to mention this.. I believe everybody knows what /b/ and /v/ refer to?