[ANTH 170] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (29 pages long!)

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 170
• Professor: Robyn Giffen

Document Summary

Linguistic anthropology is the study of language from an anthropological perspective. It goes beyond analyzing the structure and patterning of language (a central focus of linguistic) to examine the contexts and situations in which language is sued. Anthropology can be briefly defined as the study of all people, at all times, and in all places. It is concerned with seeing the whole picture, with finding all the parts of the human puzzle and putting them together in a way that makes sense: four-field tradition: Physical (or biological) anthropology the study of human origins, variation, and evolution. Archaeology the study of prehistory and the analysis of ancient cultures. Cultural anthropology the study of cultural traditions and the analysis of human behaviour and belief systems. It is possible not only to learn new languages without losing competence in your own but to understand other cultural systems on their own terms without losing confidence in your own.