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Cultural Anthropology

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






2. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






4. The study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate






5. The study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate






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






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






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






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






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






11. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. The sound system of a language






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






35. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






38. The process of the mechanization of production






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






40. 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






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






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






43. The process of the mechanization of production






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






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






46. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






49. The analysis and study of touch






50. The comparison of societies to living organisms