Complex sentence: Kenneth L. Pike (June 9,1912-December 31,2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the originator of the theory of tagmemics and coiner of the terms "emic" and "etic".
Split into simpler sentences: Kenneth L. Pike (June 9 1912--December 31 2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the originator of the theory of tagmemics and coiner of the terms "emic" and "etic".