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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms






2. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






4. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






7. 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.






8. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






9. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






12. Analyzing the relationship between culture - thought - and language






13. Tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior to all other cultures and groups






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Struggle to keep a language pure






20. The study of two or more ways of life - comparative






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Charles Hockett - arbitrary - composed of discrete units - uses displacement - openness - prevarication






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






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






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






29. Clifford Geertz - the view that cultures can be understood by studying what people think about - their ideas - and the meaning that are important to them - focuses on using humanistic methods - such as those found in the analysis of literature - to






30. Humans as biological organisms. includes genetics and forensics of non-human primates






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






35. Study of past human life and cultures






36. Struggle to keep a language pure






37. The study of two or more ways of life - comparative






38. Charles Hockett - arbitrary - composed of discrete units - uses displacement - openness - prevarication






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






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






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






42. Study of past human life and cultures






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






44. The study of language in relation to its sociocultural context - social - political - economic






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






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






47. The study of speech sounds






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






49. Written accounts of other observers






50. A book written about a single culture or way of life - a product of your field work