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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Anthropologist's personal - long-term - experience with a social group of people and their way of life






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






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






4. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Written accounts of other observers






22. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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. 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






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






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






28. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






36. 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






37. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






43. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






48. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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