väliarvolauseen

Väliarvolauseen is a term used in Finnish linguistics to refer to the genitive singular form of väliarvolause, a specialized concept describing a certain type of dependent or subsidiary clause discussed in syntax and semantics studies. The exact definition of väliarvolause varies between sources, but it is generally treated as a clause that plays an intermediate or mediating role within a larger sentence, often in connection with values, ranges, or intermediate judgments.

The word is built from väli- (between, intermediate), arvo (value), and lause (clause, sentence). Because väliarvolause is a technical term, its use appears primarily in scholarly texts, grammars, and analyses of Finnish sentence structure rather than in everyday language. Väliarvolauseen, as the genitive form, is used when describing or attributing properties to the clause itself, for example in phrases like väliarvolauseen tehtävä (the function of the väliarvolause) or väliarvolauseen rakenne (the structure of the väliarvolause).

In practice, discussions of väliarvolauseen may appear alongside related concepts such as päälause (the main clause) and alilause (the subordinate clause), within analyses of how different clause types interact to express scope, modality, or value judgments in a sentence. Because väliarvolause is a specialized term, readers are most likely to encounter väliarvolauseen in academic writings on Finnish syntax rather than in general language usage.