syntaktisena

Syntaktisena is the essive form of the Finnish adjective syntaktinen, used in linguistic and academic writing to denote a role or perspective. In practice it means "as a syntactic [aspect]" or "from a syntactic point of view." The form is not a separate lexical item, but a grammatical inflection that enables statements to be framed within a particular analytic lens.

It is commonly found in sentences that position a claim within the realm of syntax. Examples include: "Syntaktisena kysymyksenä tässä tarkastellaan lauseen rakennetta." ("As a syntactic question, this examines the structure of the sentence.") "Käsite passiivisuus voidaan tarkastella syntaktisena näkökulmana." ("The concept of passivity can be examined as a syntactic perspective.") "Tutkimuksessa passiivin taivutus käsitetään syntaktisena ilmiönä." ("In the study, the inflection of the passive is treated as a syntactic phenomenon.")

Etymology and usage notes: Syntaktisena derives from syntaktinen plus the essive -na/-nä. It is primarily used in formal linguistic prose to mark analytic stance; it is distinct from syntaktisesti, which is the adverb meaning "syntactically" and describes manner rather than a perspective or role.

See also: syntaktinen, essive case, Finnish grammar.