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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






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






4. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






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






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






9. Focuses on identifying general laws that identify different elements of society - show how they relate to each other - and demonstrate their role in maintaining social order






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






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






12. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






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






14. The total stock of words in a language






15. 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






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






17. A system of creating words from sounds






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






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






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






29. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






30. Social honor or respect






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






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






33. Exchange conducted for the purpose of material advantage and the desire to get something for nothing






34. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






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






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






39. Production of plants using a simple - nonmechanized technology and where the fertility of gardens and fields is maintained for long periods






40. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The total stock of words in a language