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Anthropology Concepts

Subject : humanities
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1. First attempt at anthropology - don't go anywhere. Sir James Frazer.






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






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






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






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






6. The study of speech sounds






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






8. 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






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






10. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. The study of the sound system of language






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






22. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Grammatical unit that cannot stand alone






33. 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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Written accounts of other observers






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






40. Written accounts of other observers






41. Rules for combining and morphemes - word formation






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






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






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






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






46. The study of how languages change over time.






47. Grammatical unit that can stand alone






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






49. 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






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