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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






3. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






12. 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






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






14. The study of speech sounds






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






16. The study of the sound system of language






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Struggle to keep a language pure






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






49. The study of how languages change over time.






50. 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.