Anthro Final Review

Code

Language as an abstract system

Variety

Speech style associated with a specific group (ex: British English vs. American English)

Dialect

Speech style associated with a specific region

Accent

System of pronounciation

Register

Speech style associated with a recurrent situation

Phonology

Study of speech, sounds, and signs specific to one language

Morphology

Study of word structure

Syntax

Study of word order

Phonetics

Study of speech sounds

Morphology

Study of word structure

Race

A way of classifying people based on perceived biological differences

Scientific racism

The belief that people can be divided into distinct biological races, and that some races are naturally smarter, better behaved, or superior to others

Disability

The embodied experiences of people with impairments shaped by broader forms of social inequality

Health

The absence of disease and infirmity, as well as the presence of physical, mental and social wellbeing

Disease

A discrete natural entity that can be clinically identified and treated

Illness

A patient’s experience of being unwell or how the patient reacts to certain symptoms

Sickness

Public expression of illness and disease, including social expectations about how the patient should behave, and how others should respond

Ethnomedicine

Local systems of health and healing rooted in culturally specific norms and values  (herbal remedies (as well as teas/soups), spiritual healing, etc.)

Biomedicine

Applies principles of biology and natural sciences to the practice of diagnosing and treating disease

Medical Pluralism

Common intersection between methods of treatment

Sex

Observable physical differences between male and female bodies

Gender Dysphoria

distress when assigned sex or gender does not align with identity

Gender Euphoria

Relief when gender expression and identity align

Gender affirming care

medical, social, psychological, and behavioral intervention to support ones identity

Gender

expectations cultures assign to sexes