// n. The classification of languages in terms of their structural features. Morphologically based typologies were introduced very early in the nineteenth century, the most famous being the isolating/agglutinating/inflecting typology of Wilhelm von...

n. The classification of languages, or of subsystems in languages, according to structural characteristics, together with the identification of principles determining the possible types. In phonology, a familiar example is the classification of vowel...

1. The study of types or classifications. 2. A specific classificatory scheme, eg adult education...

A typology is a multidimensional classification. The study of typological procedures is impeded by the use of a plethora of terms, some of which are used interchangeably. "Classification" can be defined as the grouping of entities on the...

"Typology" literally means the study of types. More specifically, it may refer...

BOOK A love of typology Courtyard Houses and Ro1W Houses are a sober antidote to architecture fluff, says MichaelHowe Courtyard Houses by Günter Pfeifer and Per Brauneck. Row Houses by Pfeifer and Brauneck. Birkhäuser, 2008. 217 illustrations. £22.90 each Most students of architecture...

Twentieth-century biblical scholars such as Henri de Lubac and Jean Danielou argue for a typological interpretation of the Bible, which presents hidden yet concrete historical perspectives of the Church. Modern scholarship rejects typology as unscientific, with no religious significance, implying Christianity is purely internalized....

A little more than a week into Michael Bloomberg’s pseudo-campaign for president, the inevitable backlash has begun. In accordance with the conventions of counterintuition, the on-second-thought analysis focuses not on the Mayor’s obvious disadvantages—the history of third-party candidates, his lack of national party organization, his...