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20 Cards in this Set
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Culture
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Primary means for adapting to the environment and satisfying biological needs
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World view
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The beliefs, attitudes, and ideas concerning the way the world is
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ethnography
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Written description of a culture
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Wealth
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Accumulation of material goods considered to have value
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Power
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the ability to control resources in one’s own interest
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Prestige
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social honor or respect
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Language
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A system of arbitrary symbols used to encode experiences and to communicate
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Family of language
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A set of languages that share a common ancestor
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The open
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Infinite number of meanings can be expressed
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etic vs emic
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outsiders view vs cultural bound view
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Stimulus free
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We don’t need to experience something to talk about it
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Flexible language of nature
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Capable of invention
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Dialects
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Specific varieties of a language; varieties are mutually intelligible
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Phones
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sounds produced in a language (carry no meaning); Greek – “sound”
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Phonemes
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sounds that function to distinguish one word from another; Greek – “a sound uttered”
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Morphemes
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smallest unit of meaning in a language; Greek – “shape”
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Subsistence patterns
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Transforming resources of the environment into food, clothing, and shelter
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Reciprocity
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Mutual give-and-take among people of equal status
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Redistribution
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Goods flow into a central place and are later redistributed
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Market exchange
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Buying and selling goods and services with prices set by supply and demand
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