ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Emic And Etic, Cultural Relativism, Anthropological Linguistics
9 Apr 2013
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Anthropology is the study of humankind- of ancient and modern people and their ways of living. The five fields of anthropology: cultural anthropology: the description and analysis of cultures. Socially learned traditions of past and present ages. Interested in how language influences and is influenced by other aspects of human life. Studies the relationship between the evolution and change of languages: physical anthropology (biological anthro): biologically determined nature of homo sapiens. Seeks to reconstruct the course of human evolution by studying fossil remains fields to solve practical problems: applied anthropology: uses the findings of all other types of. Holism: the distinction of anthropology among the social sciences is that it is holistic; it tired to understand the processes that influence and explain all aspects of human thought and behaviour. Fieldwork: refers to first hand experience with the people being studied.
