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Anthropology Concepts

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. Study of past human life and cultures






8. Written accounts of other observers






9. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






10. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Struggle to keep a language pure






16. Study of past human life and cultures






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






18. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






22. Written accounts of other observers






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






49. 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.






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