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social anthropology What are the linguistic origins of anthropology?
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SOCIAL ANTHROPOLGY FOUNDATION 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...
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