Typology

The classification of sounds according to form and function. For instance, sounds may be classified according to their origin (natural, human, man-made), their function in the soundscape (e.g., sound signal, keynote, soundmark), or their context (for instance, with speech sounds, the contexts of interview, story-telling, conversation, recitation, etc.).

See: Sound Event, Sound Object. Compare: Morphology, Phonetics, Phonology.