ANT 2511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Coccyx, Prosimian, Homininae
7 Dec 2017
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All exams are on thursdays and online. Never come to class on test days. 60 questions in 90 minutes; all multiple choice. Slides are posted on webcourses in files and module sections. Anthropology is viewed from the perspective of all people and all time. Cultural anthropology - the study of modern human societies through the analysis of the origins, evolution, and variation of culture. Culture: consists of a corpus of learned behaviors, such as language or religion, that are transmitted through generations by enculturation. Primary field methods = ethnography and participant observation. Linguistic anthropology - the study of construction, use, and form of language in human populations; including relationships between languages, syntax, grammar, etc. Language: set of written or spoken symbols that refer to things other than themselves (symbolic communication) Sociolinguistics - the science of investigating language"s social contexts. Archaeology - the study of historic and prehistoric human populations through the analysis of material remains.
