social anthropology What are the linguistic origins of anthropology?

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What are the linguistic origins of anthropology?

2) Define Anthology?

The word anthropology came from the word antopos and logos. Antopos means mankind while logos mean study; there fore anthropology is the study of mankind. However anthropology is a lot broader and the focus is on every aspect of the human being,

 E.g. cultural, Physical, social, linguistic, archaeology, etc.

3) What do you understand by fieldwork and participant observation?                                                                                  

 Field work is to travel to the destination or place you wish to find out about in order to obtain first hand information on the subject matter. Field work allows you to gain experience for yourself rather than reading off secondary school, while participant observation is a research method that allows the researcher to be present in the research. They are two parts of participant observation; covert and overt. Covert is when you are under cover and nobody but you is aware of the research; while overt is when you are observing and some one around you is aware of the study that you are carrying out. However another type of participant observation is half covert and overt. This means that you can carry out a research that some people know about it and some people do not. E.g. doing a study in a primary school and only the principle knows about it.

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4) The roots of anthropology and early writers in cultures were Herodotus (c. 484-424 BC) and Strabo (64-32 BC). Their both looked at foreign people from an objective point of view e.g. their language, customs, etc. they both believed that they can only be certain about any alleged fact if they experience it for themselves. Herodotus and Strabo were not the only one that believed this, David Hume also agreed with this. He said that being able to obtain first hand experience was valid knowledge. However Immanuel Kant disagreed and argued that human beings are roughly the same all ...

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