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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Written accounts of other observers






2. 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






3. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






6. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






10. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






11. 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






12. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






42. The study of speech sounds






43. Study of past human life and cultures






44. The study of speech sounds






45. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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