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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of time - space - and matter and conditioned by the structure of a language






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Examining societies using concepts that are meaningful to the culture






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






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 total stock of words in a language






28. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






29. The total stock of words in a language






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






31. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






33. 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






34. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






35. Yield per person per unit of land






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture






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