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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






8. 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






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






10. The study of speech sounds






11. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






14. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






18. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






21. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Struggle to keep a language pure






43. 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.






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






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. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






49. Struggle to keep a language pure






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