ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sociolinguistics, Primatology, Linguistic Anthropology
4 Mar 2016
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Anthropology: the study of humankind in all times and places. (p. 4) Biological anthropology: the systematic study of humans as biological organisms. (p. 9) Archaeology: the study of material remains, usually from the past, to describe and explain human behaviour. (p. 10) Sociocultural anthropology: the study of human behaviour in contemporary culture. (p. 12) Linguistic anthropology: the study of how people use language to relate to each other and how they develop and transmit culture. (p. 11) Cultural anthropologists: the study of human cultures, their beliefs, practices, values, ideas, technologies, economies and other domains of social and cognitive organization. Social anthropologists: seek to understand how people live in societies and how they make their lives meaningful. Colonialism: when one nation dominates another, through occupation (colonies), administration (military presence), and control of resources, thereby creating a dependency. (p. 5) Cross-cultural comparison: comparing one particular aspect of a culture with the same aspect in others. (p. 18)
