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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






5. Written accounts of other observers






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






7. Study of past human life and cultures






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






13. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






47. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






49. Struggle to keep a language pure






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