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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. The scientific study of a spoken language - including its phonology - morphology - lexicon - and syntax.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Charles Hockett - arbitrary - composed of discrete units - uses displacement - openness - prevarication






12. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






14. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






15. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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.






26. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






30. The study of speech sounds






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. 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






33. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






35. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






37. Written accounts of other observers






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






44. 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






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






46. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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