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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






3. The study of speech sounds






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






5. 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.






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






35. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






38. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






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






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






45. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






46. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






50. 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