Taivutusilmaukset
Taivutusilmaukset, a Finnish linguistic term, refers to idiomatic expressions where the meaning is not directly deducible from the individual words or their literal combination. These phrases function as a single semantic unit, and understanding them requires knowledge of their conventional usage within the language. Unlike literal phrases, their meaning is established through common agreement and historical usage rather than straightforward grammatical analysis.
For instance, the Finnish phrase "antaa periksi" literally translates to "give back," but its idiomatic meaning