keeleliseks
Keeleliseks is a term used in Estonian-language linguistic discourse to denote a perspective or description that is grounded in language structure itself. In scholarly writing, it is often employed to indicate that an analysis is being framed “in linguistic terms” or from a purely linguistic viewpoint, as opposed to approaches that emphasize social, historical, or practical contexts.
The expression derives from the Estonian word keel meaning language, and it functions as a marker used
In practice, kee leliseks is common in introductory overviews of linguistic subfields, comparative descriptions of grammatical
See also: linguistics, Estonian language, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics.