lausahduksissa
Lausahduksissa is a Finnish linguistic term referring to idioms, fixed expressions, and sayings that function as unitary semantic chunks within sentences. The form lausahduksissa is the inessive plural of lausahdus, literally meaning “in phrases” or “in idioms.” In linguistic usage, lausahduksissa describes expressions whose meaning is not fully predictable from the meanings of their individual words, i.e., non-literal or figurative meaning.
Typical features include fixed word order, conventionalized meanings, and frequent use in everyday speech as well
The domain covers idioms (including Finnish sanonnat), fixed collocations, and proverbs. The boundaries between categories vary;
In language teaching, awareness of lausahduksissa helps explain why word-for-word translation often fails and why learners