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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The ability of human individuals or cultural groups to change their behavior with relative ease






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






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






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






5. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






7. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals






8. The attempt to find general principles and laws that govern cultural phenomena






9. Social honor or respect






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






11. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






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






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






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






15. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






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






19. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






24. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






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






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






29. The application of biological anthropology to the identification of skeletalized or badly decomposed human remains






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






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






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






33. A group of people united by kinship or other links who share a residence and organize production - consumption - and distribution among themselves






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






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






36. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






45. A person from who anthropologists gather data; also known as consultant or interlocutor or respondent






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






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






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






49. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






50. The comparison of societies to living organisms