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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






3. 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






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. Written accounts of other observers






6. 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






7. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






17. 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






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






19. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






20. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






21. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






27. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






47. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






50. 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.