Semantic typology

Semantic typology is the study of the ways in which languages differ in categorizing experience into concepts. In other words, it is the study of meaning (semantics) using the cross-linguistic methodology of typology.

• "Semantic typology is the comparative study of linguistic categorization—research into how linguistic representations structure a given cognitive domain across languages." (Bohnemeyer et al. 2007:495)

Reference

• Bohnemeyer, Jürgen et al. 2007. Principles of event segmentation in language: the case of motion events. Language 83.3: 495-532.

Other languages

French typologie sémantique
German semantische Typologie