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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






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






4. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






17. The study of how languages change over time.






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






19. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






22. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






27. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






31. Written accounts of other observers






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Struggle to keep a language pure






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. The study of how languages change over time.







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