Kenneth L. Pike
Kenneth L. Pike
Kenneth Lee Pikewas an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the originator of the theory of tagmemics, the coiner of the terms "emic" and "etic" and the developer of the constructed language Kalaba-X for use in teaching the theory and practice of translation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSociologist
Date of Birth9 June 1912
CountryUnited States of America
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That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal; but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.
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Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such.
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