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What does indigenous mean?
people cut off from Western civilization.
Primitive
originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
isolated peoples.
What does an etic approach mean
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its internal elements and their functioning rather than in terms of any existing external scheme.
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is unbiased.
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of being an insider.
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, non-structural, and objective in its perspective.
What does an emic approach mean?
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its internal elements and their functioning rather than in terms of any existing external scheme.
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its being from the perspective of an outsider.
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its potential to help or improve that language or culture.
relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its objective approach.
What is cultural relativism?
the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in relation to universal standards.
the theory that anything goes.
the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in relation to the particular culture from which they originate and are not absolute.
the theory that all cultures are equal.
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