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Anthropology Concepts

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






2. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






5. The study of the sound system of language






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






7. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Struggle to keep a language pure






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Written accounts of other observers






32. Study of past human life and cultures






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






39. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






44. The study of how languages change over time.






45. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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