Tapaustutkimus kolmen suomenoppijan kompleksisista verbikonstruktioista
A case study of complex constructions with verbs in the language production of three learners of Finnish

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to present how three learners of Finnish in Northern Norway use complex constructions of verbs. Tiina and Anna are Norwegian-Finnish bilinguals; Berit has learned Finnish only at school. I discuss their knowledge of complex constructions of verbs as it relates to their use of the Finnish language outside the classroom. I also discuss this knowledge within their formal learning context. Complex constructions are verbs that take infinitives or clauses as complements. Verbs are classified as concrete, mental and abstract (for example modal verbs). Mental and abstract verbs are used as main verbs in constructions with infinitives as complements. Mental verbs (speech act, cognition or perception verbs) take complement clauses.

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