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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. The smallest units of sound in a language that are distinctive for speakers of the language






2. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






7. Study of past human life and cultures






8. 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






9. 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.






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






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






12. The study of the sound system of language






13. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






17. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






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






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






22. Struggle to keep a language pure






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. The study of how languages change over time.






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






30. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






32. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






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






38. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






39. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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