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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






3. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The study of how languages change over time.






15. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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.






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Study of past human life and cultures






35. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






36. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Written accounts of other observers






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






47. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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