emic
adjective social science, language specialized uk/ˈiː.mɪk/ us/ˈiː.mɪk/
主位的（从使用某种语言或生活在某种文化中的人的角度进行研究或描述的）
relating to a way of studying or describing a language or culture from the point of view of the people who use the language or live in the culture
We should consider the emic perspective of what speakers themselves perceive as important. 我们应该从主位的角度考虑说话者自己认为重要的东西。
With history, there is pressure to provide what purports to be an emic account – an account of how the people involved actually thought. 就历史研究而言，迫切需要提供所谓的主位研究—即研究处于具体文化语境内的人的实际想法。
Compare: etic
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- Emic and etic perspectives of illness need to be considered.
- These people had their own emic term for their city-states.
- Emic sentences can tell us how the culture is seen by the particular people who live in it.
- When studying cultures different from mine, there will always be an emic perspective that comes with it.
- There may be a difference between the ordinary emic language in a society and the etic language used by scientists or scholars.