relating to a way of studying or describing a language or culture from the point of view of the people who use the language or live in the culture

We should consider the emic perspective of what speakers themselves perceive as important. 我们应该从主位的角度考虑说话者自己认为重要的东西。

With history, there is pressure to provide what purports to be an emic account – an account of how the people involved actually thought. 就历史研究而言，迫切需要提供所谓的主位研究—即研究处于具体文化语境内的人的实际想法。