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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So I see that Christianity in believing in a Creator pulls together more facts, data, inner experience and ability than any mechanistic view could hold for me.
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We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex?
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Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.
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It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.
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The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.
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The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us.
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Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.
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The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.
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God cannot be reduced to a sample for analysis.
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If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.
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Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.
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With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts.
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The detached observer's view is one window on the world.
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When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.