Anthropology falls in to four subfields, which are archeology, physical, linguistics, and cultural. One idea that these subfields share in common is holism. Holism is approaching a single subject in several different ways (Welsch 15). These four subfields all have their own distinct approaches. This is why anthropology is divided into multiple subfields, so that anthropologists can study further in specific subfields and result in more accurate information. Each subfield focuses on a different type of research interest and usually uses different research techniques. Alfred Kroeber, a student of Franz Boas, viewed the subfields in anthropology as a “sacred bundle” and decided to “unwrap the sacred bundle” and break up these subfields so that
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How will anything be done without linguistics? Even though I am not a bilingual speaker, having customers that speak various languages could be interesting, but difficult to comprehend with. I currently work at a taqueria and majority of the customers are fluent Spanish speakers and overtime, I am beginning to slowly understand what they are saying, which makes my job easier. Different type of Spanish speakers have their own way of speaking since there are various ways to say one phrase. I was once told by a coworker that some words, such as “orale,” “guey,” and other words have hundreds of meanings based on what gender you say it too or the way the speaker expresses the word. Working with Spanish speakers is extremely interesting since I was able to learn more about the way they speak and how they could use their body or tone to change the words they want to say. Not to mention, I also dealt with customers who were deaf and were not able to speak to me. This reminded me of a video that was revealed for us about how the apes were taught sign language, so that they could communicate with the humans (Lecture 7). I did not understand sign language, nevertheless, the young man had a friend who was a translator, so that I was able to understand him. In essence, I find it captivating how there are thousands of diverse languages around the world that humans are able to communicate
How will anything be done without linguistics? Even though I am not a bilingual speaker, having customers that speak various languages could be interesting, but difficult to comprehend with. I currently work at a taqueria and majority of the customers are fluent Spanish speakers and overtime, I am beginning to slowly understand what they are saying, which makes my job easier. Different type of Spanish speakers have their own way of speaking since there are various ways to say one phrase. I was once told by a coworker that some words, such as “orale,” “guey,” and other words have hundreds of meanings based on what gender you say it too or the way the speaker expresses the word. Working with Spanish speakers is extremely interesting since I was able to learn more about the way they speak and how they could use their body or tone to change the words they want to say. Not to mention, I also dealt with customers who were deaf and were not able to speak to me. This reminded me of a video that was revealed for us about how the apes were taught sign language, so that they could communicate with the humans (Lecture 7). I did not understand sign language, nevertheless, the young man had a friend who was a translator, so that I was able to understand him. In essence, I find it captivating how there are thousands of diverse languages around the world that humans are able to communicate