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Anthropology Concepts

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1. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






3. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Written accounts of other observers






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






10. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






12. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






26. The study of speech sounds






27. The study of the sound system of language






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






29. Struggle to keep a language pure






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Study of past human life and cultures






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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