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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A change in the pronunciation of English language that took place between 1400 and 1600






2. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






8. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






10. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






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






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






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






15. A system of creating words from sounds






16. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






18. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






48. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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