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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






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






3. A filed is cleared by felling the trees and burning the bush






4. A system of creating words from sounds






5. Shared ideas about what is true - right - and beautiful






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






7. The system of language that relates words to meanings






8. The belief that some human populations are superior to others because of inherited - genetically transmitted characteristics






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






10. The analysis and study of touch






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






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






13. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






15. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. The major research tool of cultural anthropology; includes both fieldwork among people in a society and the written results of such fieldwork






23. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






25. 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






26. An economic system in which goods and services are bought and sold at a money price determined by the forces of supply and demand






27. The total stock of words in a language






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






29. An ethnographic database that includes cultural descriptions of more than 300 cultures






30. Focuses on using humanistic methods to analyze culture and discover the meaning of culture to its participants






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






32. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






33. The learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to live in groups; the primary means by which humans adapt to their environment; the ways of life characteristic of a particular human society






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






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






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






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






38. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






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






40. The learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to live in groups; the primary means by which humans adapt to their environment; the ways of life characteristic of a particular human society






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






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






43. The comparison of societies to living organisms






44. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






47. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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