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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






3. 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






4. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






8. The study of the sound system of language






9. Written accounts of other observers






10. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Struggle to keep a language pure