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Anthropology Concepts

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1. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






16. Struggle to keep a language pure






17. 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






18. The study of speech sounds






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






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






21. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






35. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






49. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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