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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Yield per person per hour of labor invested






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






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






4. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






5. The total stock of words in a language






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






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






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 that allows a great number of morphemes per word and has highly regular rules for combining them






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






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






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






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






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






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






23. A system of creating words from sounds






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






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






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






35. 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






36. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






37. 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






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






39. The system of language that relates words to meanings






40. Shared ideas about what is true - right - and beautiful






41. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






42. A form of animal communication composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment






43. Social honor or respect






44. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






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






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






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






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






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






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