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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Everything that goes along with spoken language (volume - pitch - tone) and body language






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






3. The study of the sound system of language






4. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






5. The study of speech sounds






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






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






8. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






11. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






17. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






27. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






34. The study of how languages change over time.






35. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






48. 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






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






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