Ant 2410 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

________ views linguistic practices as symbolic capital that people, if trained properly, can convert into economic and social capital - Bordieau _________ believed that ethnic boundaries are most stable and enduring when groups occupy different ecological niches - Barth _________ believed that human brain contains limited set of rules for organizing language - Chomsky _________ irrigate their fields with canals from rivers, streams, springs, and ponds. They have also created a s...

primary means of communication (spoken or written) - Language Language is transmitted through learning as a part of ________ - Enculturation Written form of language is about _______ years old - 6,000 Language allows_________ to invoke elaborate images, discuss past and future, and share experiences - Humans Wild primates communicate using a ________ - Call system _________ learned 4 words (in 7 years): mama, papa, up, and cup. - Viki Chimps and gorillas have a great capac...

People use ___________ and ___________ ...lol, lmao, wtf, omg, etc. - Answer Emoticons/ abbreviations a small digital image or icon used to express an idea, emotion, etc., in electronic communication. - Answer Emoj

AAVE speakers use ____________ to eliminate verb "to be" from their speech - Answer Copula deletion examines long-term variation of speech by studying protolanguages and daughter languages - Answer Historical linguistics

In the article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema, Horace Miner provides a good example of...ethnographic description, but does not follow the guideline of considering both the emic and etic perspectives, leading to a biased portrayal of this cultural group. What is the point of the Body Ritual Among the Nacirema article?To force Americans to confront their own ethnocentrism by showing that American cultural practices could be seen as strange or weird. What does it mean to take the Anthro...

derived from herds of domesticated animals, such as sheep, goats, camels, cattle, and reindeerPastoralism ____________________ is the subsistence strategy based on plant cultivation and animal domestication that relies on sophisticated technology to use fossil fuel energy in raising and processing plant and animal domesticates.Industrialism Selective pressures affect ____________________.both sociocultural systems and biological species ____________________ is an important factor affe...

Anthropologists distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types. What is the difference?Kin terms are the words used for different relatives in a particular language, but genealogical kin types refers to the actual genealogical relationship. The Barí of Venezuela recognize multiple fathers, even though biologically there can be only one actual genitor. This example showsthat like "race" and gender, kinship is culturally constructed Anthropologists are interested in kinship ...

list the factors that affect stream flow depth of width channel width of roughness of stream button slope or incline of surrounding terrain discuss the importance of groundwater and evaluate the environmental problems associated with it groundwater is one of the most important natural resources it provides drinking water and supplies for households and crop irrigation the downside movement of rock or soil due to the influence of gravity mass wasting what is the primary energy source t...

Chapters 9 through 12 class notes for exam number three of Cultural Anthropology (ANT 2410)

Notes from the textbook and practice quiz questions from ANT 2410 Cultural Anthropology taken in the Spring of 2021.