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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






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






4. The study of speech sounds






5. 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






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






7. The study of the sound system of language






8. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






10. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






13. 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






14. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






43. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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