Some observations on distance measurement words in Finnish and Swedish

The paper attempts to overview a set of vocabulary — distance measurement words — in Finnish and Swedish. Distance and measurement words seem to be a relevant choice for a comparative overview. The concept of distance belongs to the domain of space.

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