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Anthropology Concepts

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






25. 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






26. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






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. The study of the sound system of language






31. 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






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






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






34. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






37. 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.






38. Struggle to keep a language pure






39. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






48. 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






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






50. Written accounts of other observers