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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A basic set of principles - conditions - and rules that form the foundation of all languages






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






3. 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






4. A change in the biological structure of lifeways of an individual or population by which it becomes better fitted to survive and reproduce in its environment






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






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






7. The analysis and study of touch






8. 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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






15. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






22. Focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






32. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






33. 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






34. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






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






45. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






46. A system of creating words from sounds






47. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






49. The application of anthropology to the solution of human problems






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