Kenneth Pike
Kenneth 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...
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available born both child culture deliberate develop devices focus handle imagination initiative innate learn matters oral poetry potential seen teachers written
In my view, a child is born with the INNATE POTENTIAL to learn to handle deliberate focus shifts such as are seen in the kaleidoscopic poetry shifts, but both the young and old need to learn such matters from available oral or written culture or from teachers - or must have initiative and imagination to develop some such devices on their own.
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A theory may be viewed rather broadly as a statement purporting to describe, or to explain, or to help one to understand a phenomenon. More narrowly, a theory may present a claim of truth, or assert the presence of relationships between phenomena, or predict the occurrence of phenomena.
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To equate truth with magnification is to abandon scientific discourse.