kertomuksellisissa

Kertomuksellisissa is a Finnish adjective form meaning “in a narrative or story-related sense,” used to describe things that are characterized by storytelling or that employ narrative features. It is the inessive plural form of the adjective kertomuksellinen, which derives from the noun kertomus (story) with the suffix -ellinen to produce an adjective meaning “narrative” or “story-based.” The inessive plural ending -issa/-issä attaches to the adjective to indicate location or context within multiple items, yielding kertomuksellisissa.

The form is typically used before a plural noun in the inessive case, for example in phrases like kertomuksellisissa teksteissä (in narrative texts) or kertomuksellisissa yhteyksissä (in narrative contexts). As with other Finnish adjectives, kertomuksellinen agrees with the noun in number and case, so the ending changes accordingly when the noun is singular or in other cases.

In usage, kertomuksellisissa often appears in literary analysis, media studies, or linguistics to emphasize the presence or importance of narrative structure, storytelling devices, or sequence and perspective within a group of works or passages. It can describe prose, films, or discourse that foreground storytelling elements rather than purely expository content.

See also: kertomus, kertomusperinne, kerronta, narratiivinen. The term belongs to a family of descriptors used to analyze how narrative form and storytelling techniques manifest across texts and contexts.