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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on identifying general laws that identify different elements of society - show how they relate to each other - and demonstrate their role in maintaining social order






2. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






3. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






4. Social honor or respect






5. Exchange in which goods are collected from or contributed by members of a group and then given out to the group in a new pattern






6. The system of language that relates words to meanings






7. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






8. Rural cultivations who produce for the subsistence of their households but are also integrated into larger - complex state societies






9. The study of language and its relation to culture






10. A basic set of principles - conditions - and rules that form the foundation of all languages






11. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






12. Productive resources that are used with the primary goal of increasing their owners financial wealth






13. Production of plants using a simple - nonmechanized technology and where the fertility of gardens and fields is maintained for long periods






14. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






15. A language that allows a great number of morphemes per word and has highly regular rules for combining them






16. A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows - animals - and techniques of soil and water control






17. Shared ideas about the way things ought to be done; rules that reflect and enforce culture






18. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






19. The hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of time - space - and matter and conditioned by the structure of a language






20. Focuses on issues of power and voice; suggests that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the backgrounds - training - and social positions of their authors






21. Ethnography that gives priority to cultural consultants on the topic - methodology - and written results of fieldwork






22. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






23. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






24. An object or a way of thinking or behaving that is new because it is qualitatively different from existing forms






25. Judging other cultures from the perspective of ones own culture; the notion that ones own culture is more beautiful - rational - and nearer to perfection than any other






26. The sound system of a language






27. A form of redistribution involving competitive feasting practice among Northwest Coast Native Americans






28. A system of creating words from sounds






29. Feelings of alienation and helplessness the result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture






30. A form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows - animals - and techniques of soil and water control






31. A practice value - or form of social organization that evens out wealth within a society






32. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






33. A change in the pronunciation of English language that took place between 1400 and 1600






34. The study of the relationship between language and culture and the ways language is used in varying social contexts






35. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






36. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






37. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






38. Social honor or respect






39. Words that differ in only one sound but have different meanings






40. Material goods - natural resources - or information used to create other goods or information






41. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






42. The smallest unit of sound that serves to distinguish between meanings of words within a language






43. The notion that words are only arbitrarily or conventionally connected to the things for which they stand






44. A focus that examines the ways in which people in different cultures understand health and sicknesses as well as the ways they attempt to cure disease






45. A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture






46. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






47. The process of learning to be a member of a particular cultural group






48. The study of the relationship between language and culture and the ways language is used in varying social contexts






49. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






50. An entire social group and their animals move in search of pasture