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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The science of documenting the relationships between languages and grouping them into language families






2. The study of body position - movement - facial expression - and gaze






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






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






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






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






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






8. The norms governing production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services within a society






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






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






11. A form of animal communication composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment






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






13. The study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate






14. A list of 100 or 200 terms that designated things - actions - and activities likely to be named in all the worlds languages






15. A statistical technique that linguistics have developed to estimate the date of separation of related languages






16. The giving and receiving of goods of nearly equal value with a clear obligation of a return gift within a specified time limit






17. Studies people from a biological perspective; focuses primarily on aspects of humankind that are genetically inherited






18. A statistical technique that linguistics have developed to estimate the date of separation of related languages






19. A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institutions






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






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






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






23. Focuses on reconstruction of past cultures based on their material remains






24. The analysis and study of touch






25. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






26. The capacity of all human languages to describe things not happening in the present






27. Focuses on reconstruction of past cultures based on their material remains






28. Exchange conducted for the purpose of material advantage and the desire to get something for nothing






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






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






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






32. A change in the biological structure of lifeways of an individual or population by which it becomes better fitted to survive and reproduce in its environment






33. The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing peoples behavior and participating in their lives






34. Global distribution of people associated with each other by history - kinship - friendship - and webs of mutual understanding






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






36. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






38. Herd animals are moved regularly throughout the year to different areas as pasture becomes available






39. The pattern of apportioning different tasks to different members of society






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






41. A system of creating words from sounds






42. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






44. A group of people that depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships among such people - including their status and roles






45. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






46. Yield per person per unit of land






47. An economic system in which people work for wages - land and capital goods are privately owned - and capital is invested for profit






48. A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institutions






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






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