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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Struggle to keep a language pure






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The study of the sound system of language






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






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






21. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






33. Study of past human life and cultures






34. 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






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






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






37. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






39. 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






40. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






43. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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