Språkligt

Språkligt is a Swedish term used to describe aspects relating to language. It is primarily the adverbial form of the adjective språklig, and it translates roughly as “linguistic” or “in terms of language.” In practice, språkligt is used to frame statements about language rather than about non-linguistic domains, and it often appears in analytic or academic contexts.

Etymology and form: Språkligt is built from the noun språk (language) with the suffix -ligt, which forms adverbs from adjectives in Swedish. The corresponding adjective is språklig (linguistic). The adverbial form språkligt is common when the speaker wants to mark a statement as belonging to language study or language structure.

Usage: Språkligt is widely used in linguistics, philology, and other language-related studies to refer to linguistic features such as syntax, morphology, phonology, or vocabulary. Fixed phrases include språkligt sett, meaning “linguistically speaking.” It can appear in sentences like Texten anses språkligt korrekt (The text is considered linguistically correct) or Språkligt sett visar resultaten att… (Linguistically speaking, the results show that…). In everyday language, speakers might still use språkligt to contrast language-specific aspects with other domains.

Related terms: språklig (linguistic, adjective), språk (language), lingvistik (linguistics), grammatik (grammar). Språkligt serves as a linguistic connector to discuss language phenomena without committing to a disciplinary label, making it a common tool in descriptive and comparative language work.