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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






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






4. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






8. The study of the sound system of language






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






10. 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.






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






12. Study of past human life and cultures






13. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






17. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






26. 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.






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






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






29. The study of how languages change over time.






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






31. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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. 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






42. The study of speech sounds






43. The study of how languages change over time.






44. Study of past human life and cultures






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Written accounts of other observers






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