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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on how societies use culture to adapt to particular ecological settings






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






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






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






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






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






7. The study of speech sounds






8. The study of how languages change over time.






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






10. Study of past human life and cultures






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Struggle to keep a language pure






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






28. The study of speech sounds






29. 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.






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Written accounts of other observers






40. The study of the sound system of language






41. The study of the sound system of language






42. The study of how languages change over time.






43. 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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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