puhekieliselle

Puhekieliselle is the allative form of the Finnish adjective puhekielinen, meaning “colloquial” or “spoken-language.” In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in case, number, and definiteness. When the noun is in the allative case, the adjective also takes the allative form, yielding puhekieliselle. The construction is used to refer to something directed toward, or characterized by, colloquial language.

Common phrases illustrate the usage, for example:

- puhekieliselle yleisölle (to the colloquial audience)

- puhekieliselle versiolle (to a colloquial version)

- puhekieliselle alueelle (to the colloquial area)

In practice, puhekieliselle functions as a grammatical form that modifies a noun in the allative case. It does not constitute an independent lexical item; rather, it marks the register or target of the reference. The term is used in linguistic description, media studies, and language planning to denote material intended for a casual, everyday register.

Puhekieliselle is related to, and often contrasted with, puhekieli (colloquial Finnish), puhekielisyys (colloquialism), and puhekielinen (colloquial in general). The form is productive for adjectives ending in -inen, but its occurrence is tied to the syntactic requirement of the allative case rather than to a separate semantic category.

Notes on usage typically depend on context: the head noun’s case determines the form, while the intended audience or register determines the semantic reading as colloquial.