käsittelysanoihin

Käsittelysanoihin is a Finnish term used in some natural language processing (NLP) and text-processing contexts to refer to words that direct or control processing and data handling within a system. The term combines käsittely (processing/handling) with sana (word) and appears in the plural illative form käsittelysanoihin, roughly translating to “to the processing words.” In practice, it designates a subset of tokens that instruct a program to perform an operation rather than convey substantive content.

Usage and scope. Käsittelysanoihin is not a widely standardized linguistic category; its meaning varies by project or textbook. It is often contrasted with content words (such as nouns and adjectives) and with other classes like stop words or command tokens. In many tutorials or annotation schemes, käsittelysanoihin are treated as control or directive words that guide parsing, transformation, or user-interface actions.

Examples. Typical examples in a software or NLP setting might include verbs or short phrases such as “tallenna” (save), “poista” (delete), “muokkaa” (edit), or “etsi” (search). These are handled differently from descriptive words because they trigger concrete operations in the processing pipeline rather than contributing to the semantic content of a sentence.

Note. Because käsittelysanoihin is not a universal category, its definition and examples may differ between projects. It is primarily used in practical guides for text processing, scripting, or annotation where distinguishing directive or processing-related words from ordinary lexical items is helpful. See also: stop words, command tokens, functional words.