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Anthropology Concepts

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1. 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






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






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






4. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






6. 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






7. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






9. 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






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






11. The study of speech sounds






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






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






14. Study of past human life and cultures






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






16. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






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






22. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






24. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






26. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






30. The study of speech sounds






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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







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