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Anthropology Concepts

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






2. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






5. 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






6. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






7. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






11. The study of how languages change over time.






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






13. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






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. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






29. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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