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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






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






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






5. The study of speech sounds






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






11. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






27. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






28. The study of how languages change over time.






29. 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






30. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






32. Written accounts of other observers






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






45. Study of past human life and cultures






46. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






49. The study of the sound system of language






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