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Anthropology Concepts

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1. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






4. Struggle to keep a language pure






5. 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






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






7. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






12. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






18. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






21. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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.






27. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






32. The study of speech sounds






33. 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.






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






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






36. Written accounts of other observers






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






38. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






43. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






47. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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