類るい型けい学がく

noun

typology

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.