kielellisiä

Kielellisiä is a Finnish adjective form meaning linguistic or language-related. It is the partitive plural form of the adjective kielellinen, which describes things pertaining to language or linguistics. In usage, kielellisiä modifies a noun in the partitive case or refers to an indefinite plural, for example when speaking about several linguistic phenomena or studies.

Etymology and form: The word derives from kieli, meaning language, with the adjectival suffix -llinen, common in Finnish for forming adjectives such as kielellinen (linguistic), visuaalinen (visual), or akateeminen (academic). The base form kielellinen declines to kielellistä (partitive singular) and kielellisiä (partitive plural), among other cases.

Usage and examples: Kielellisiä ilmiöitä, meaning linguistic phenomena, can be discussed in linguistics or language-related research. Kielellisiä tutkimuksia refers to linguistic studies or investigations. The term is standard in academic writing, humanities, education, and media when topics concern language structure, use, or theory. It is typically contrasted with yleiskielinen (standard language) or ei-kielellinen (non-linguistic) depending on the context.

Relation to related terms: Kielellinen describes language-related aspects, while similar adjectives include kielellisyys (linguistic nature) in noun form, or kielitieteellinen, which also means linguistic in a broader sense. The term is widely understood in Finnish-language discourse on linguistics, language acquisition, and discourse analysis.