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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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






15. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






22. The study of speech sounds






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






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






25. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






26. Study of past human life and cultures






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






28. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






45. The study of the sound system of language






46. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






47. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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