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Anthropology Concepts

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. The study of how languages change over time.






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






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






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






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






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






19. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The study of how languages change over time.






33. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






37. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






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






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






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






48. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






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