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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






2. 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






3. The study of speech sounds






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Written accounts of other observers






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






37. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






38. The study of how languages change over time.






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






42. Written accounts of other observers






43. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






48. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






50. Grammatical unit that can stand alone