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kommunikationens

Kommunikationens is the definite possessive form of the Swedish noun kommunikation, meaning the communication or the communication’s. In Swedish, the base noun kommunikation denotes the act or process of conveying information between people, groups, or systems. The form kommunikationens is created by attaching the possessive suffix -s to the definite form of the noun: kommunikationen (the communication) becomes kommunikationens (the communication’s). This construction expresses ownership or association with another noun, as in kommunikationens betydelse (the significance of the communication).

The term is commonly used in academic writing, journalism, and discourse involving media, linguistics, or sociology.

Linguistically, kommunikationens exemplifies the Swedish genitive construction, where possession or relation is encoded directly in the

It
appears
in
phrases
such
as
kommunikationens
roll
i
samhället
(the
role
of
communication
in
society),
kommunikationens
regler
(the
rules
of
communication),
or
kommunikationens
utveckling
(the
development
of
communication).
When
referring
to
more
than
one
communication,
the
plural
form
would
be
kommunikationernas
(the
communications’).
noun
phrase.
It
is
widely
understood
and
routinely
used
in
both
formal
and
informal
Swedish.
Care
should
be
taken
to
distinguish
between
the
singular
possessive
kommunikationens
and
the
plural
kommunikationernas
in
contexts
discussing
multiple
communications.