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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






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






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






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






6. The study of speech sounds






7. 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






8. The study of how languages change over time.






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






29. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Written accounts of other observers






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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