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Cultural Anthropology

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






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






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






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






5. An object or a way of thinking or behaving that is new because it is qualitatively different from existing forms






6. An institution composed of kin and/or nonkin that is organized primarily for financial gain






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






8. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






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






13. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






16. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






32. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






34. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






35. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






38. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






41. The comparison of societies to living organisms






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






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






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






45. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






46. A system of creating words from sounds






47. 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






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






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






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