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Anthropology Concepts

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1. The study of speech sounds






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






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






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






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






6. Struggle to keep a language pure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The study of how languages change over time.






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






18. 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






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






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






21. Written accounts of other observers






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






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






24. Written accounts of other observers






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






26. 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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






32. The study of speech sounds






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Struggle to keep a language pure






42. Study of past human life and cultures






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






44. The study of the sound system of language






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






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






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






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






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






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