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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. The study of language in relation to its sociocultural context - social - political - economic






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






15. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






16. The study of the sound system of language






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






18. The study of how languages change over time.






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






20. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






25. The study of speech sounds






26. The study of speech sounds






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






42. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






46. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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