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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The system of language that relates words to meanings






2. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






3. An institution composed of kin and/or nonkin that is organized primarily for financial gain






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






11. 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






12. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






14. 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






15. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices






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






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






18. A language with relatively few morphemes per word and fairly simple rules for combining them






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






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






21. The focus between biological anthropology that traces human evolutionary history






22. Focuses on understanding cultures by discovering and analyzing the symbols that are most important to their members






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






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






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






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






27. The analysis and study of touch






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






29. Social honor or respect






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






31. Giving or receiving goods with no immediate specific return expected






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






33. The sound system of a language






34. The ability of human individuals or cultural groups to change their behavior with relative ease






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






36. The science of documenting the relationships between languages and grouping them into language families






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






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






39. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






42. Examining societies using concepts that are meaningful to the culture






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






44. Focuses on recording and examining ways in which members of a culture use language to classify and organize their cognitive world






45. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






46. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






47. Something that stands for something else. central to language and culture






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






49. A set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critical - how they should be studied - and what the goal of studying them should be






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