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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






6. The study of the sound system of language






7. 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






8. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






10. 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






11. Study of past human life and cultures






12. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






13. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






18. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






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






24. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






40. Written accounts of other observers






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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