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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






5. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






7. The study of the sound system of language






8. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






9. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






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






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






12. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. The study of how languages change over time.






20. 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






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






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






23. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






24. The study of speech sounds






25. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






28. The study of how languages change over time.






29. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






30. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






43. Study of past human life and cultures






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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