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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






4. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The study of how languages change over time.






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. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






19. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






21. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






31. Study of past human life and cultures






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






33. Written accounts of other observers






34. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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