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






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






4. The study of speech sounds






5. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






34. The study of how languages change over time.






35. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Study of past human life and cultures






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






49. The study of the sound system of language






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