Kenneth Lee Pike (1912-2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist who originated the theory of tagmemics, coined the terms emic and etic, and developed the constructed language Kalaba-X for use in teaching the theory and practice of translation. He was the first president of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, with which he was associated from 1935 until his death.
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Developed tagmemic theory through fieldwork on Mixtec and other Oto-Manguean languages of Mexico while working with the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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Kenneth Lee Pike (June 9, 1912 - December 31, 2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist.
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Kenneth Lee Pike (June 9, 1912 - December 31, 2000) was 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.
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