kuvausluvaus
Kuvausluvaus is a term used in Finnish-language literary and linguistic analysis to describe a metatextual device in which a description is itself described. It emphasizes a recursive or self-referential mode in which the act of describing is foregrounded, producing a description of a description and drawing attention to the processes that generate meaning.
Etymology and conceptually, kuvausluvaus is a neologism formed by combining the Finnish word kuvaus (description) with
Usage and applications vary but generally include literary criticism, experimental prose, and information design where authors
Examples can be found in passages that explicitly describe their own descriptive process. Finnish examples might
Related concepts include metatext, self-reference, metafiction, and metalinguistics. Critics of kuvausluvaus note that it can be