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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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. The study of speech sounds






6. The study of speech sounds






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. The study of the sound system of language






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






20. Study of past human life and cultures






21. The study of how languages change over time.






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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