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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A change in the pronunciation of English language that took place between 1400 and 1600






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






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






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






5. The study of language and its relation to culture






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






7. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






9. 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






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






11. Social honor or respect






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






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






14. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






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






16. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






19. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






20. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






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






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






27. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






28. 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






29. The culture with the greatest wealth and power in a society that consists of many subcultures






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






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






32. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






35. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. The study of language and its relation to culture






42. 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






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






44. The hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of time - space - and matter and conditioned by the structure of a language






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






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






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






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






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






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