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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






10. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






13. The study of how languages change over time.






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. The study of speech sounds






16. 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






17. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






19. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Struggle to keep a language pure






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






42. Struggle to keep a language pure






43. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. The study of the sound system of language