• onomastics or onomatology: the study of proper names and the origins of names; from the Greek ónoma (name) [please please do not confuse onomastics with onamism]
  • anthroponomastics or anthroponymy: the study of the names of people
  • toponymy: the study of the origins and meanings of place names
• etymology: the study of the history of words
• philology: the study of the form and meaning of a linguistic expression, how words change over time and between culture; from the Greek philos (loved, beloved, dear, friend) and logos (word, articulation, reason)
• linguistic typology: the study and classfications of languages according to their structural features

This entry was posted on May 30, 2008 and is filed under language, lists.