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Anthropology Concepts

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






12. 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.






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






14. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






17. The study of speech sounds






18. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






19. The study of speech sounds






20. 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






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






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






23. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






35. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






38. The study of the sound system of language






39. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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