Typology

Typology is the study of types. More specifically, it may refer to:

• Blanchard's transsexualism typology, a classification of male-to-female transsexualism
• Farm typology, farm classification by the USDA
• Linguistic typology, study and classification of languages according to their structural features
  • Linguistic Typology, an international peer-reviewed journal in the field of linguistic typology
  • Morphological typology, in linguistics, a method of classifying languages
• Milewski's typology, a language classification system
• Oakeshott typology, a classification of the medieval sword
• Pavlov's typology, the first systematic approach to the psychophysiology of individual differences
• Sasang typology, traditional Korean medical typology
• Sociopolitical typology, four types, or levels, of a political organization
• Typology (anthropology), division of culture by races
• Typology (archaeology), classification of artifacts according to their characteristics
• Typology (creation biology), system that classifies animals into groups called "created kinds" or "baramins"
• Typology of Greek vase shapes, classification of Greek vases
• Typology (psychology), a model of personality types
• Typology (theology), in Christian theology, the interpretation of some characters and stories in the Old Testament as allegories foreshadowing the New Testament
• Typology (urban planning and architecture), the classification of characteristics common to buildings or urban spaces

See also

• Type (disambiguation)
• Typification
• Topology and Topology (disambiguation)
• Psychological typologies