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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






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. Analyzing the relationship between culture - thought - and language






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. The study of the sound system of language






16. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The study of speech sounds






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






40. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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