typology
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ə noun
1.
the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
2.
a systematic classification or study of types.
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4.
Linguistics. the study and classification of languages according to structural features, especially patterns of phonology, morphology, and syntax, without reference to their histories.
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Typology
is always a great word to know.
So is dialect atlas. Does it mean:
| characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodentals and uvular fricatives, and most affricates |
| a collection of maps of a certain area indicating the distribution of various phonological, morphological, lexical, or other features of the dialects of that area |
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| chiefly Christian theol the doctrine or study of types or of the correspondence between them and the realities which they typify | |
| typological | |
| —adj | |
| typo'logic | |
| —adj | |
| typo'logically | |
| —adv | |
| ty'pologist | |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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typology
system of groupings (such as "landed gentry" or "rain forests"), usually called types, the members of which are identified by postulating specified attributes that are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive-groupings set up to aid demonstration or inquiry by establishing a limited relationship among phenomena. A type may represent one kind of attribute or several and need include only those features that are significant for the problem at hand
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Example sentences
Expertise in language typology and multilingualism will be an advantage.
We're trying to see if you can create a hybrid typology.
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