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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. A single language dominates - but elements of another language are intertwined (code mixing)






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






3. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






29. The study of speech sounds






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






43. 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






44. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






46. Study of past human life and cultures






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






48. Written accounts of other observers






49. 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






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