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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. An entire social group and their animals move in search of pasture






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






3. 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






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






5. The sound system of a language






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






7. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. The system of language that relates words to meanings






16. 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






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






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






19. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The culture with the greatest wealth and power in a society that consists of many subcultures






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The application of anthropology to the solution of human problems






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






45. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






47. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






49. The study of language and its relation to culture






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