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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. The study of speech sounds






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






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






10. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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






17. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. The study of how languages change over time.






29. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






46. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






49. The study of the sound system of language






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