tekstuaali
Tekstuaali is a term used in some Nordic and Baltic academic contexts to refer to the textual dimension of a subject—the features that pertain to text itself, such as structure, language, style, and discourse. It is typically used as a noun or a noun-derived adjective in scholarly writing; in phrases like tekstuaali analyysi (textual analysis) or tekstuaali kulttuuri (textual culture). The term emphasizes text-centric rather than authorial, historical, or material aspects.
Etymology: The word is formed from the stem tekst- (text) plus a suffix common to nouns and
Usage and scope: In linguistics, literary studies, media studies, and digital humanities, tekstuaali is used to
Relation to related concepts: Textuality, textual criticism, close reading, discourse analysis, and stylometry. The term is
See also: Textuality, Textual criticism, Textual analysis, Discourse analysis, Stylometry.