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Anthropology Concepts

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1. Ethnohistorical Research - written accounts of other observers - Ethnology - data - Enthographic fieldwork - going somewhere - working and living w/ people - immerse yourself






2. The study of speech sounds






3. Written accounts of other observers






4. Set of learned behaviors and ideas that are acquired by people living in a society.






5. Deals with the study of language in a cultural context






6. Culture everywhere evolves through a sequence of stages - savagery - barbarianism - civilized - LOUIS HENRY MORGAN






7. Study of past human life and cultures






8. Written accounts of other observers






9. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






10. The study of speech sounds






11. The smallest units of sound in a language that are distinctive for speakers of the language






12. The scientific study of a spoken language - including its phonology - morphology - lexicon - and syntax.






13. Boas; the view that individual cultures must be studied and described in their own terms and understood within their own historical context. FRANK BOAS






14. Graebner and Elliott Smith. Theory that all societies change as a result of cultural borrowing from one another.






15. Re-examined the role of women in society. roles and behaviors of observer can profoundly effect data and analysis. women can get more info from a women than a man can






16. Not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms






17. Focuses on how societies use culture to adapt to particular ecological settings






18. The notion that a persons language shapes her or his perception and view of the world - language determines culture






19. Re-examined the role of women in society. roles and behaviors of observer can profoundly effect data and analysis. women can get more info from a women than a man can






20. Strongly held ideas and identities attached of a particular language






21. Community of individuals who regularly interact verbally with one another (Dell Hymes)






22. Study of past human life and cultures






23. Focuses on how societies use culture to adapt to particular ecological settings






24. Everything that goes along with spoken language (volume - pitch - tone) and body language






25. Ethnohistorical Research - written accounts of other observers - Ethnology - data - Enthographic fieldwork - going somewhere - working and living w/ people - immerse yourself






26. The study of the sound system of language






27. Anthropologist's personal - long-term - experience with a social group of people and their way of life






28. The study of how languages change over time.






29. Explored impact of powerful external forces especially colonialism and other forms of political and economic domination on cultural groups.






30. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






31. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






32. The study of humanity in all possible ways. scientific and holistic






33. All knowledge shared by those who are able to speak and understand language.






34. Sentence - grammatical structure - (Chomsky) refers to how meaning is created through word order in a sentence or phrase.






35. Fit together all that is known about humans from all aspects of their lives. social - religious - economic - political - linguistic






36. Feelings of confusion - distress - and sometimes depression that can result from the psychological stress caused by the strain of rapidly adjusting to an alien culture






37. Changing from one mode of speech to another as the situation demands - whether from one language to another or from one dialect of a language to another






38. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






39. A single language dominates - but elements of another language are intertwined (code mixing)






40. The notion that whatever other people do is probably acceptable if they have their owns reasons for doing it






41. Explored impact of powerful external forces especially colonialism and other forms of political and economic domination on cultural groups.






42. Community of individuals who regularly interact verbally with one another (Dell Hymes)






43. The notion that a persons language shapes her or his perception and view of the world - language determines culture






44. Not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms






45. Enthographic Authority -- why should we believe what anthropologist is telling us - Representation - how experiences are translated for others






46. In language - the smallest unit that carries meaning - free and bound






47. The study of the sound system of language






48. Father of Linguistic Anthropology 1887-1913. Led to diachronic (thru time) and synchronic (how it is used today) studies of language in the early 20th century.






49. First attempt at anthropology - don't go anywhere. Sir James Frazer.






50. Boas; the view that individual cultures must be studied and described in their own terms and understood within their own historical context. FRANK BOAS