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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. A single language dominates - but elements of another language are intertwined (code mixing)






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






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






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






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






6. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






13. The study of the sound system of language






14. 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






15. The study of speech sounds






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






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






18. Written accounts of other observers






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






20. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






21. The study of how languages change over time.






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Written accounts of other observers






47. 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.






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






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






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