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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Community of individuals who regularly interact verbally with one another (Dell Hymes)






2. Study of past human life and cultures






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






32. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






33. The study of the sound system of language






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






45. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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






48. Struggle to keep a language pure






49. Written accounts of other observers






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