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Anthropology Concepts

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1. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






9. 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






10. The study of how languages change over time.






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






14. The study of speech sounds






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






16. The study of speech sounds






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






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






19. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






43. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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.