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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






3. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






4. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






7. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






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






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






17. 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






18. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






25. 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






26. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






27. The sound system of a language






28. A system of creating words from sounds






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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






47. 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






48. The focus between biological anthropology that is concerned with the biology and behavior of nonhuman primates






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






50. The integration of resources - labor - and capital into a global network