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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






5. Bronislaw Molinowski -physiological functionalism - cultural traits that meet the basic human needs of the individual - AR Radcliffe Brown - structural functionalism - cultural traits maintain the stability of the society






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






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






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






9. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






10. How variations in the beliefs and behaviors of different human groups are shaped by culture






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






42. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The study of how languages change over time.






48. The study of speech sounds






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






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