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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






3. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






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






9. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






12. Written accounts of other observers






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






14. The study of how languages change over time.






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






16. Struggle to keep a language pure






17. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






22. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






39. The study of the sound system of language






40. Struggle to keep a language pure






41. Study of past human life and cultures






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






43. 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.






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






45. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






49. 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.






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