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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on how societies use culture to adapt to particular ecological settings






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






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






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






5. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






33. Written accounts of other observers






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






35. The study of speech sounds






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






37. The study of the sound system of language






38. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






40. Study of past human life and cultures






41. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. The study of speech sounds






50. 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






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