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Anthropology Concepts

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






2. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






4. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The study of the sound system of language






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






16. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






21. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






26. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






31. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






32. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






45. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






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