Substantiivisella

Substantiivisella is the adessive singular form of the Finnish adjective substantiivinen, which means nominal or relating to a noun. In linguistic and grammatical contexts, the term is used to describe something connected with nouns (substantives) or the noun-like use of a word. It often appears in fixed phrases that discuss manner, context, or level of analysis involving nouns.

Morphology and form: Finnish adjectives decline for case and number, so substantiivinen can take adessive endings. The form substantiivisella corresponds to the adessive singular, used when the adjective modifies a noun in the adessive case. The plural form is substantiivisilla. In practice, substantiivisella and its related forms agree with the noun they modify in number and case.

Usage and context: Substantiivisella occurs primarily in scholarly, linguistic, or descriptive writing. It is common in phrases such as substantiivisella tavalla (in a nominal way) or substantiivisella tasolla (at the substantive level). The construction helps specify that the discussion, analysis, or action concerns nouns or noun-like aspects rather than verbs or other parts of speech.

Examples:

- Tutkimus tarkastelee ilmiötä substantiivisella tasolla, jolloin fokus on sanojen merkityksillä ja viittaamisella substantiiveihin.

- Käännöksessä sana voidaan tulkita substantiivisella tavalla, kun korostetaan sen toimimista nimisana.

See also: substantiivi, substantiivinen, adjektiivinen, taivutus, suomalainen kielioppi.