The word typology literally means the study of types. Beyond this simple definition, the term has at least six distinct uses in the fields listed below: Typology (archaeology). Typology in archaeology is the classification of things according to their characteristics. Typology (anthropology). Typology in anthropology is the division of culture by race. Linguistics. See linguistic typology and morphological typology. Typology is a branch of linguistics which concerns itself wit

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A Christian theological definition of Typology according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:

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Linguistic typology - Subject-Verb-Object positioning. One set of types is determined by the basic order of subject, verb, and object in sentences: Subject Verb Object Subject Object Verb Verb Subject Object Verb Object Subject Object Subject Verb Object Verb Subject These are usually abbreviated SVO and so forth, and may be cal ...

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Linguistic typology, Linguistic typology - Typological systems, Linguistic typology - Subject-Verb-Object positioning, Linguistic typology - Ergative-accusative, Linguistic typology - External link

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Typology in anthropology is the division of culture by races. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, anthropologists used a typological model to divide people from different cultures into "races," (e.g. negroid, caucasoid, mongoloid). This approach focused on a small number of traits that are readily observable from a distance such as skin color, hair form, body build, and stature. The typological model was built on the assumption that humans can be assigned to a race based on some small number of traits. This assumptio ...

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In archaeology a typology is the result of the classification of things according to their characteristics. It is based on a view of the world familiar from Plato's metaphysics called essentialism. Essentialism is the idea that world is divided into real, discontinuous and immutable ‘kinds’. This idea is the basis for most typological constructions, particularly of stone artefacts where essential forms are often thought of as ‘mental templates’, or combinations of traits that are favoured by the maker. Variation in artefact fo ...

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Typology is a theological doctrine or theory of types and their antitypes found in scripture. Medieval allegory began as an early Christian method for synthesizing the discrepancies between the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the Christian Bible (New Testament). While both testaments were studied and seen as equally divinely inspired by God, the Old Testament contained discontinuities for Christians -- for example the Jewish kosher laws. The Old Testament was therefore seen in places not as a literal account, but as an allegory, or p ...

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There are two types of mentoring relationships: formal and informal. Informal relationships develop on their own between partners. Formal mentoring, on the other hand, refers to assigned relationships, often associated with organizational mentoring programs designed to promote employee development. In well-designed formal mentoring programs, there are program goals, schedules, training (for ...

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Mentoring, Mentoring - Typology, Mentoring - New-hire mentoring, Mentoring - High-potential mentoring

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Terminology is defined by context, the study of terms primarily concerned with organizing them by the context in which they are used. These contexts may include: Technical terminology Military terminology Political terminology Scientific terminology Terminology - Overview. The discipline of terminology is based on its own theoretical principles and consists primarily of the following aspects: analysing the concepts and concept structures used in a ...

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Terminology, Terminology - Typology, Terminology - Overview, Terminology - Types of terminology, Terminology - Terminology as a discipline

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Puns can be subdivided into several varieties: Homographic puns are puns which exploit the difference in meanings of words which look alike (and usually sound alike). For example: "Being in politics is just like playing golf: you are trapped in one bad lie after another." (Pun on the two meanings of lie - "a deliberate untruth"/"the position in which something rests"). Homographic puns which exploit the difference in meanings of words which look alike but have different pronunciations a ...

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Pun, Pun - Etymology, Pun - Typology, Pun - Usage, Pun - Computer science, Pun - Unfortunate events, Pun - Musician, Pun - Quotations

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Puns can be subdivided into several varieties: Homographic puns are puns which exploit the difference in meanings of words which look alike (and usually sound alike). For example: "Being in politics is just like playing golf: you are trapped in one bad lie after another." (Pun on the two meanings of lie - "a deliberate untruth"/"the position in which something rests"). Homographic puns which exploit the difference in meanings of words which look alike but have different pronunciations a ...

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Pun, Pun - Etymology, Pun - Typology, Pun - Usage, Pun - Computer science, Pun - Unfortunate events, Pun - Quotations

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Swords can fall into categories of varying scope. The main distinguishing characteristics include blade shape (cross-section, tapering and length), shape and size of hilt and pommel, age and place of origin. For any other type than listed below, and even for uses other than as a weapon, see the article Sword-like object Sword - Double-edged swords.

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Sword, Sword - History, Sword - Bronze Age, Sword - Iron Age, Sword - Middle Ages, Sword - Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, Sword - Modern Age, Sword - Terminology, Sword - Typology, Sword - Double-edged swords, Sword - Single edged weapons, Sword - Training swords, Sword - Classification, Sword - Punishment devices, Sword - Symbolism

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Terminology, in its general sense, simply refers to the usage and study of terms — words and compound words generally used in specific contexts. The term "terminology" may also refer to a more formal discipline which systematically studies of the labelling or designating of concepts particular to one or more subject fields or domains of human activity, through research and analysis of terms in context, for the purpose of documenting and promoting correct usage. This study can be limited to one language or can cover more than ...

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A bracteate (from the Latin bractea, a thin piece of metal) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold coin produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age, but the name is also used for later produced coins of silver produced in Central Europe during the early Middle Ages. Bracteate - Gold bracteates from the migration period. Gold bracteates commonly denominate a certain type of jewellery, made mainly in the fifth to seventh century AD, represented by some spe ...

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The Ainu language (Ainu: アイヌ イタ句ク, aynu itak; Japanese: アイヌ語, ainu-go) is spoken by the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It was once spoken in the Kurile Islands, the northern part of Honshu, and the southern half of Sakhalin. Ainu is thought to be a language isolate with no known relation to other languages. It is sometimes grouped with the Paleosiberian languages, but this is merely a cover term for several isolates and small language families believed to have been pr ...

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The Uralic languages form a language family of about 30 languages spoken by approximately 20 million people. The name of the language family refers to the location of the family’s suggested Urheimat (homeland), which is often placed close to the Ural mountains. Countries that are home to a significant number of speakers of Uralic languages include: Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Russia, the Serbian province of Vojvodina, and Sweden. The healthiest Uralic languages, in terms of the number of native speakers and national ...

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The arming sword (also sometimes called a knight's or knightly sword) is the single handed cruciform sword of the High Middle Ages, in common use between ca. 1000 and 1350, and possibly even down to the 16th century. It is a common weapon in period artwork, and there are many surviving examples in museums. The arming sword was worn by a knight even when not in armor, and he would be consi ...

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Body modification (or body alteration) is the permanent or semi-permanent deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons, such as spiritual, various social (markings), BDSM "edgeplay" or aesthetic. It can range from the socially acceptable decoration (e.g., pierced ears in many societies), over religiously mandated (e.g., circumcision in a number of cultures) to corporal punishment and provocative statement by the rebellious (e.g., nostril piercings in punk subculture), some even get physically addicted to the an ...

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A developing country is a country with a low income average, a relatively undeveloped infrastructure and a lower Human Development Index rating when compared to the global norm. The term has tended to edge out earlier ones, including the Cold War-defined "Third World". Development entails developing a modern infrastructure (both physical and institutional), and a move away from low value added sectors such as agriculture and natural resource extraction. Developed countries usually have economic syst ...

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Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia and Turkey by the Abkhazians. Abkhaz has about 100,000 speakers in Abkhazia with up to 500,000 more living in Turkey. Abkhaz language - Classification. Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language, indicating it originated in the northwest Caucasus. Northwest Caucasian languages have been suggested as being related to the Northeast Caucasian languages and both are often merged under the blanket term "North Caucasian languages." Sometimes North Caucasia ...

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• Abkhaz language - Vowels
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• Abkhaz language - Writing system
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Latin differs from languages like English in that it uses many noun cases which are declined in such a way that they are nearly all different from each other, and even proper nouns such as names are declined. For example, the ending of the common Roman name Marcus is different in each of the following sentences due to the different cases in which it is used (the name Cornelia remains undeclined): Marcus hits Cornelia. (Subject-Verb-Object, the most common permutation of expression in English)