arviotyyppisiä

Arviotyyppisiä is a Finnish term used in linguistics and discourse analysis to describe expressions that convey evaluation, subjective stance, or value judgments about a referent. The form is the partitive plural of arviotyyppinen, literally “evaluation-type,” and it is applied to words or phrases that express an assessor’s attitude rather than objective properties.

In practice, arviotyyppisiä can encompass adjectives, adverbs, or even certain nouns and predicates that signal judgmented worth, quality, or desirability. Positive examples include words like erinomainen (excellent), hyvä (good), loistava (outstanding), while negative ones include huono (bad), tylsä (boring), harmillinen (problematic). The category also covers more nuanced or emotionally charged terms such as maininta (acknowledgement) or vaikuttava (impressive) when used evaluatively. The key characteristic is that the expression carries an evaluative stance beyond mere description.

The concept is used to analyze how speakers and writers express attitudes toward entities, events, or actions, contributing to stance, appraisal, and subjectivity in text. In research, arviotyyppisiä elements are often distinguished from descriptive or factual language, and they can be coded for polarity (positive vs. negative) and strength. This helps researchers understand rhetoric, persuasion, and ideational framing in Finnish texts, including media discourse, political communication, and social media.

Related terms include arvolauseet and arviointijäjestelmät in broader appraisal frameworks, which categorize evaluative language and its linguistic realization in Finnish.