Research Result. Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

Viktoriya V. Dyomochkina, Dmitry Yu. Gruzdev, Elena V. Lukyanova

The paper expands on the analysis of key projects adoring the machine translation (MT) hall of fame and their role in addressing practical tasks. The most successful initiatives suggest ...

Can gestures communicate the time of described events? The perception of temporal gestures executed by a companion robot

Artemy Aleksandrovich Kotov, Anna Aleksandrovna Zinina, Nikita Alekseevich Arinkin, Daria Igorevna Berkuta

In this paper, we investigate whether temporal gestures indicating different events in time can convey information about the relative timing of these events. We depart from the assertion, that ...

Mimetic schemas in multimodal contact-establishing communication

Maria I. Kiose, Anna V. Leonteva, Olga V. Agafonova, Andrey A. Petrov

Contact-establishing is deservedly characterized as the major function of communication. Until recently, it has been mostly subjected to linguistic analysis aimed at identifying its discursive markers. Meanwhile, contact-establishing frequently ...

Written vs generated text: “naturalness” as a textual and psycholinguistic category

Anastasia Vladimirovna Kolmogorova, Anastasia Valerievna Margolina

In the context of the development of text generation technologies, the opposition “naturalness − unnaturalness of text” has been transformed into a new dichotomy: “naturalness – artificiality”. The aim ...

Multi-word expressions for Russian L2 learners: corpora-based selection with expert verification

Antonina Nikolaevna Laposhina, Tatsiana Alyaksandrauna Khramchanka, Maria Yuryevna Lebedeva

The article describes the experience of creating a corpus-based list of the most relevant multi-word expressions for Russian L2 learners, distributed across the levels of the Common European Framework ...

Individual differences in the associative meaning of a word through the lens of the language model and semantic differential

Tatiana A. Litvinova, Polina V. Panicheva

The fact that there are individual differences in word semantics is recognized by lots of scholars. However, establishing and describing such differences is a complex scientific task involving ...

Linguistic profiling of text genres: adventure stories vs. textbooks

Marina I. Solnyshkina, Roman V. Kupriyanov, Gulnoza N. Shoeva

In this article we test the hypothesis that genre-inherent quantitative linguistic parameters can be reduced to a list of few provided with strictly defined ranges of value. The ...

Wordiness in academic writing: a systematic scoping review

Elena V. Tikhonova, Daria A. Mezentseva

Background: Excessive use of empty words in academic texts is a significant impediment to effective communication, often complicating the clarity and reducing the comprehensibility of scholarly writing. Purpose: ...

Corpus linguistic exploration of Russian-Vietnamese mutual perceptions

Irina Yu. Markovina, Alexey A. Matyushin, Istvan Lenart, Van Hiep Nguyen, Hien Pham

Despite long-term fruitful relations between Russia and Vietnam, there is still a need for studies that would deepen intercultural understanding between the two peoples. In this paper, Russian-Vietnamese mutual ...

A comparative study of lexical bundles in linguistics and biology Ph.D. dissertations

Atta A. Ahmed, Aida Ariannejad

Lexical bundles are considered as one of the main rhetorical features in academic genres. The appropriate use of these features adds to the coherence and naturalness of the ...

Schematic knowledge deviation: delving into the depths of reader’s cognitive pathways

Volume 9, Issue №4, 2023

Abdul-Haq Abdul-Kareem Abdulla Al-Sahlani, Ahmed Sahib Jabir Mubarak

This paper is an attempt to show how readers' underlying network of prototypical schematic expectations might be activated at different levels to address schematic/ cognitive challenges. When these ...

The structures of Malay language existential sentences

Volume 9, Issue №4, 2023

Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan, Ahmad Syafiq Amir Abdullah Zawawi, Rogayah A Razak

This study aims to analyze the syntactic structures of existential sentences in Malay and focuses on the verb ada to produce generalization regarding existential verbs in Malay. Our findings ...

Contesting “growth” and “sustainability” in Indonesia’s capital city relocation: a corpus ecolinguistic study

Volume 9, Issue №3, 2023

Suhandano Suhandano, Arina Isti’anah, Ria Febrina

The global environmental crisis has triggered academic discussions on how infrastructure discourse often eliminates the environment as a part of the ecosystem. One noticeable contested issue is Indonesia’s capital ...

Rhetorical structure of research paper introductions in computer science: a comparative analysis

Volume 9, Issue №3, 2023

Evgeniya V. Aleshinskaya

Research paper introductions are considered challenging, especially for academic writers whose native language is different from English. Despite the large interest in the rhetorical organization of research papers ...

Research article discussion moves and steps in papers on medicine: academic literacy and respect for readers

Elena V. Tikhonova, Marina A. Kosycheva, Tatiana Yu. Golechkova

Discussion section of a research article (RA) is an essential part of a paper where findings are interpreted and built into a broader context. This study looks at a ...

Lexical, referential and syntactic ambiguities as Internet jokes

Natasha Ayalus Yoan Yola Yolanda, Barli Bram, Priyatno Ardi, Anna N. Doborovich

This study investigated how Internet users construct a sense of ambiguity in the English language to make funny jokes through Internet memes. Its aim was to examine the ambiguity ...

Relexification and dialect levelling in the genesis of creoles: the case of the Arabic-based creole, Nubi

Amer Ahmed, Iryna Lenchuk

This paper addresses the genesis of Nubi, an Arabic-based creole, spoken in Uganda and Kenya. A novel account is offered using the relexification approach (Lefebvre, 1998, 2009). The study ...

Language complexity across sub-styles and genres in legal Russian