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類型論 (ruikeiron) Japanese meaning: typology | Kotomora

類るい型けい論ろん

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Meanings

1

Academic term used in linguistics, anthropology, and other fields for classifying types or patterns.

言げん語ごの類るい型けい論ろんは、世せ界かいの言げん語ごを構こう造

ぞう

的てき

に

分ぶん

類るい

する

。

Linguistic typology classifies the world's languages structurally.

Kanji

類sort, kind, variety
型mould, type, model
論argument, discourse

Related words

類るい型けい
類型 means 'type' or 'pattern'; 類型論 is the study or theory of such types.

Built from

類るい型けい+論ろん

Etymology

Compound of 類型 (type, pattern) and 論 (theory, discourse). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows standard Sino-Japanese academic word formation.