syntaktisesti

Syntaktisesti is a Finnish adverb meaning “in terms of syntax” or “syntactically.” It is formed from the adjective syntaktinen (syntactic) with the adverbial suffix -sti. In linguistic and grammatical contexts, syntaktisesti is used to qualify statements about the structure of a sentence or phrase, rather than its meaning (semantics) or use (pragmatics).

In descriptive grammar and language teaching, syntaktisesti helps distinguish how something is arranged in a sentence from what it means. For example: Lause on syntaktisesti selkeä (The sentence is syntactically clear). Lauseen subjekti ja predikaatti ovat syntaktisesti oikeassa järjestyksessä (The subject and predicate are in syntactically correct order). Lause on syntaktisesti virheellinen (The sentence is syntactically incorrect).

In Finnish scholarship and corpora, syntaktisesti is typically used alongside terms describing other linguistic aspects, such as semanttisesti (semantically) or pragmatisesti (pragmatically). The closest English equivalent is “syntactically.”

Notes on usage: syntaktisesti denotes structure and formal arrangement, not the truth of propositions or real-world meaning. It is common in academic writing, grammar guides, and linguistic analysis to separate syntactic assessment from semantic or pragmatic evaluation, using syntaktisesti to refer specifically to syntax. See also related forms such as syntaktinen (adjective) when discussing specific syntactic properties or phenomena in Finnish.