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類型学 (るいけいがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

類るい型けい学がく

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Meanings

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noun

Academic term used in linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, and other fields for classifying things into types based on shared characteristics.

言げん語ご類るい型けい学がくは、世せ界かいの言げん語ごを構こう造ぞう的てきな特とく徴ちょうに基もとづいて分ぶん類るいする学がく問もんです。
Linguistic typology is the study that classifies the world's languages based on structural features.

考こう古こ学がくでは、土ど器きの類るい型けい学がくが遺い跡せきの年ねん代だい決けっ定ていに役やく立だつ。

In archaeology, pottery typology helps determine the age of sites.

Kanji

類sort, kind, variety
型mould, type, model
学study, learning, science

Similar words

類るい型けい
類型 means 'type' or 'pattern', while 類型学 is the systematic study or classification of types.
分ぶん類るい学がく
分類学 (taxonomy) is broader and often used in biology for classifying organisms, while 類型学 focuses on grouping by shared characteristics, often in social sciences.

Etymology

Compound of 類型 (type, pattern) and 学 (study, -ology). The term is a direct calque from Western academic terminology, likely from German 'Typologie' or English 'typology'.