Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Kenneth L. Pike Anthropologist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jun 9, 1912
  • Died: Dec 31, 2000

Kenneth Lee Pike 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.

In addition, he was the First President of the Bible-translating organization Summer Institute in Linguistics, with which he was associated from 1942 until his death.

Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions. communication

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements. science

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results. courage

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success. failure

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