# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-lee-pike
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:42:18.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-lee-pike"
name: "Kenneth Lee Pike"
slug: "kenneth-lee-pike"
description: "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."
tagline: "American linguist (1912–2000)"
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birthDate: "1912-06-09"
deathDate: "2000-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump