Informaatiosanan
Informaatiosanan is a term used in certain information linguistics and discourse analyses to denote a linguistic unit that encodes a single, verifiable proposition. In this usage, an informaatiosanan functions as the smallest content-bearing unit that can be checked against known facts. The term is not widely adopted in mainstream linguistics, but it appears in niche discussions of information-centric language design and knowledge representation.
Etymology: The word combines Finnish informaatio, meaning information, with sanan, the genitive form of sana meaning
Characteristics: An informaatiosanan is generally truth-conditional and designed to minimize implicatures beyond the stated proposition. It
Applications: In knowledge graphs, controlled natural language, and data schemas, informaatiosanan-like units support precise retrieval and
Example: The sentence “The Earth orbits the Sun” can be treated as an informaatiosanan when presented as
See also: Propositions, Facts, Information theory, Knowledge representation, Controlled natural language.