Kenneth L. Pike
Kenneth Lee Pike Born June 9, 1912 (1912-06-09) Woodstock, Connecticut Died December 31, 2000(2000-12-31) (aged 88) Dallas, Texas Nationality American Fields Linguistics Alma mater University of Michigan Doctoral advisor Charles C. Fries Known for Tagmemics 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. In addition, he was the First President of the Bible-translating organization Summer Institute in Linguistics (SIL), with which he was associated from 1942 until his death.