seosteiset
Seosteiset is a concept used in Finnish linguistics and information science to describe the set of relations or associations that connect concepts, words, or entities within a semantic network. The term derives from seos meaning mixture or connection, and its use spans studies of word association, semantic priming, and knowledge representation. In practice, seosteiset refer to groups of items that share semantic ties, such as synonyms, co-hyponyms, thematic fields, or functional links, and they are used to model how people or systems traverse meaning spaces.
In linguistic research, seosteiset are analyzed through experimental methods like free association tasks, lexical decision experiments,
Critically, the concept emphasizes relational structure rather than isolated items, and it supports the view that
See also semantic network, word association, semantic priming.