ANTH 1150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Signify, Morpheme, Enculturation
8 Apr 2013
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Anthropology the study of humankind in all times and places. Descriptive linguists deal with the description of a language (the way a sentence is formed or a verb is conjugated) Historical linguists study the history of languages (the way languages develop and influence one another with the passage of time: archaeology (applied anthropology) practical applications in any of the subfields. Science of recovering physical remains of human culture. Usually deals with culture that have long since disappeared. Analyze results of what they find to learn more about the past culture. All of these types of anthropologies are collectively known as the anthropological perspective. Slow growth of anthropology is attributed to: geographical restrictions without the means to travel to distant places, observation of distant cultures was difficult, illiteracy. Colonialism when one nation dominates another through occupation (colonies), administration (military presence), and control of resources, thereby creating a dependency.
