aikapaikkasukelma
Aikapaikkasukelma is a term used in Finnish linguistics to describe a theoretical phenomenon in which temporal and spatial information is encoded together within a single referential unit. The word is a compound built from aik a (time) and paikka (place), with sukellama or sukela-like elements used to indicate a fused time–space reference. The concept is primarily discussed in the context of deixis, event semantics, and narrative temporality, where speakers rely on combined cues to anchor events in both when and where they occur.
In its central idea, an aikapaikkasukelma signals that time and place are inseparably linked for certain expressions
Usage and study of aikapaikkasukelma often focus on language data from narrative speech, dialogue, and literary
See also: deixis, time semantics, spatial deixis, event semantics, polysemy, neologisms.