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Anthropology Concepts

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






2. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






3. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The study of speech sounds






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






49. 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






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