anthropological study
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anthropological
adjective
uk/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
related to the study of the human race, its culture and society, and its ...
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study
noun
uk/ˈstʌd.i/us/ˈstʌd.i/
the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover ...
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Thisanthropologicalstudyfocuses on how sufferers and their families, in their narrative representation of illness, maintain multiple perspectives and potential for multiple readings.
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Linguistically and culturally, closely related areas are defined as a field ofanthropologicalstudy and examined as cultural variants linked by transformations in time and space.
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It is not a formalanthropologicalstudy.
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First, ananthropologicalstudyof both professional and older stroke patient perspectives on quality of life found a gulf in understanding of the concept between the two.
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Although little psychological research has focused on age differences in the speed and degree of acculturation by immigrants, a large-scaleanthropologicalstudyhas dealt with this topic.
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Since linguistic andanthropologicalstudyof sign languages began in the 1960s, most research has focused on national sign languages, with scant attention paid to indigenous and original sign languages.
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There are those who would like to see a kind of historical,anthropologicalstudyof religious beliefs—a superficial overview which would naturally tend to trivialise.
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Unlike battlefield archaeology, modern conflict archaeology delves deeper into theanthropologicalstudy of the conflicts rather than the physical manifestations of the battles.
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He identified a need for futureanthropologicalstudyof hospitals.
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It is often twinned with "ethnoastronomy", theanthropologicalstudyof skywatching in contemporary societies.
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There are four central approaches to theanthropologicalstudyof cities.
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And in nineteenth-century anthropological studies of the region, one runs into the obligatory chapters describing the function and materials of the islanders' garments.
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By contrast, anthropological studies have explicitly eschewed claims of general applicability in favor of detailed, culture-specific descriptions of linguistic practice.
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In addition to his ethnographic observations and surveys, the author benefits from multiple historical and anthropological studies, deriving information to fit his arguments and thesis.
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Anthropological studies have, however, amply shown the validity of drawing on small-scale cases to think about the dynamics of larger social processes.
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A particular aspect ofanthropologicalstudyinvolves investigation into the ramifications of what is termed "first contact", the study of what occurs when two cultures first encounter one another.
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To date, however, pastoral camel management has not been qualitatively assessed by livestock scientists, but has attracted mainly anthropological studies.
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In contrast to my findings, anthropological studies in some neighborhoods find that community groups are strong and influence the decision-making processes of their members.
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Anthropological studies often speak to the malleability of the dance as form, symbol, and expression of a culture's ideology and social condition.
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Anthropological studies have found similar protective practices in other cultures.
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