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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Study of past human life and cultures






2. 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






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






4. The study of how languages change over time.






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






6. The study of the sound system of language






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






8. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






9. Study of past human life and cultures






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






20. The study of speech sounds






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






22. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






25. The study of how languages change over time.






26. Struggle to keep a language pure






27. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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