Typology
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Typology is the study of types. More specifically, it may refer to:
- Typology (anthropology), division of culture by races
- Typology (archaeology)Typology (archaeology)In archaeology a typology is the result of the classification of things according to their characteristics. The products of the classification, i.e. the classes are also called types. Most archaeological typologies organize artifacts into types, but typologies of houses or roads belonging to a...
, classification of things according to their characteristics - Typology (theology)Typology (theology)Typology in Christian theology and Biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship between the Old and New Testaments...
, in Christian theology, the interpretation of some characters and stories in the Old Testament as allegories foreshadowing the New Testament - Typology (urban planning and architecture)Typology (urban planning and architecture)Typology is the taxonomic classification of characteristics commonly found in buildings and urban places, according to their association with different categories, such as intensity of development , degrees of formality, and school of thought...
, the taxonomic classification of characteristics common to buildings or urban spaces - Linguistic typologyLinguistic typologyLinguistic typology is a subfield of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural features. Its aim is to describe and explain the common properties and the structural diversity of the world's languages...
, study and classification of languages according to their structural features- Linguistic TypologyLinguistic TypologyLinguistic Typology is an international peer-reviewed journal in the field of linguistic typology, founded in 1997. It is published by Mouton de Gruyter on behalf of the Association for Linguistic Typology. Its editor-in-chief is Prof. Frans Plank . The journal is accessible online with...
, an international peer-reviewed journal in the field of linguistic typology - Morphological typologyMorphological typologyMorphological typology is a way of classifying the languages of the world that groups languages according to their common morphological structures. First developed by brothers Friedrich von Schlegel and August von Schlegel, the field organizes languages on the basis of how those languages form...
, in linguistics, a method of classifying languages
- Linguistic Typology
- Typology, in psychology, a model of personality typePersonality typePersonality type refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals. Personality types are sometimes distinguished from personality traits, with the latter embodying a smaller grouping of behavioral tendencies. Types are sometimes said to involve qualitative differences...
s - Typology (creation biology)
See also
- Type (disambiguation)
- TypificationTypificationTypification is a process of creating standard social construction based on standard assumptions. Discrimination based on typification is called typism.-References:*...
- TopologyTopologyTopology is a major area of mathematics concerned with properties that are preserved under continuous deformations of objects, such as deformations that involve stretching, but no tearing or gluing...
and Topology (disambiguation)Topology (disambiguation)Topology is a branch of mathematics concerned with spatial properties preserved under bicontinuous deformation ; these properties are the topological invariants.Topology may also refer to:... - Psychological typologiesPsychological typologiesPsychological typologies are classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people. The problem of finding the essential basis for the classification of psychological types—that is, the basis determining a broader spectrum of derivative characteristics—is crucial in...