Kielellisinä

Kielellisinä is the plural essive form of the Finnish adjective kielellinen, meaning “linguistic” or “language-related.” It is used to describe something as being in the linguistic capacity or in the role of language. The form is common in scholarly and analytical Finnish when discussing language-related properties, features, or aspects.

Usage and context: The term appears frequently in linguistics, language education, and related fields. It occurs in phrases such as kielellisinä ominaisuuksina (as linguistic features), kielellisinä piirteinä (as linguistic characteristics), and kielellisinä tekijöinä (as linguistic factors). Such usage typically accompanies plural nouns and is used to articulate properties or phenomena specific to language rather than to non-linguistic domains.

Examples:

- Tutkimuksessa kielen ilmiöitä tarkastellaan kielellisinä ominaisuuksina.

- Kielellisinä piirteinä pidetään muun muassa sanaston laajuutta ja syntaksin monimuotoisuutta.

Etymology and form: The word is formed from the base adjective kielellinen with the essive plural ending, signaling “in the capacity of linguistic” or “as linguistic.” It is part of the broader system of Finnish grammar that marks semantic roles and categorizations in analysis of language-related subjects.

See also: kielitiede, kielellinen, essiivi.