ryhmäkohdesanaa

Ryhmäkohdesanaa is a term used in Finnish linguistics and language pedagogy to denote the designated target word within a set of words that are studied or manipulated as a group. The compound combines ryhmä (group) with kohdesanaa (target word) and is typically used as a label in experimental tasks and instructional materials.

In practice, researchers or teachers assign one word in a group to be the ryhmäkohdesanaa. This word acts as the focal item for analysis, while the remaining words constitute control or comparison items. The concept supports group-based designs, such as testing how inflection, meaning, or processing differs for the target word when presented alongside related words.

Examples: In a Finnish psycholinguistics task with the set {koira, kissa, hevonen, lintu}, "koira" can be the ryhmäkohdesanaa. Participants might be asked to produce or recognize inflected forms of "koira" (koiran, koiraa) more rapidly than the non-target items, or to evaluate its meaning in context.

Relation to other concepts: It is related to kohdesana (target word) and to experimental design in psycholinguistics and language pedagogy. The term is not widely standardized and may be used primarily in instructional or illustrative contexts.