RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics

Aims & Scope

RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics elaborates and deepens the topics of general and special theories of language; theory of speech activity and speech; semiotic features of sign systems and those of language units, belonging to different levels and texts; semiotics and poetics of literary texts; functional semantics of lexical and grammatical units; pays attention to complex and comparative typological research of language categories and units.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Paremias in Modern Linguistics: Approaches to Study, Text-Forming and Linguocultural Potential

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Mikhail A., Marianna S., Olga V.

• Reconsidering the Definition of the Term

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Siergiej V., Elvira A., Maria M.

• The National Specificity of the Proverbial Fund: Basic Concepts and Procedure for Determining

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Eugene E., Olga V., Julia A.

• Terms of Endearment in American English and Syrian Arabic Family Discourse

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Amr A.A., Tatiana V.

• Emoticeme SURPRISE in the News Discourse of Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and China

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Irina S., Karpis S., Svetlana G., Galina A.

• Political discourse as object of linguistic analysis

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Y.Y.

• Aphorism as an Object of Linguistics: the Main Properties

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Eugene E.

• Kazakh-Russian Bilingual Practice: Code-Mixing as a Resource in Communicative Interaction

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Sholpan K., Valeria E.

• Universal and Culturally Specific Features and Linguistic Peculiarities of the Political Cartoon in the Arabic and French Languages

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Natalia M.

• Comparative Analysis of the Use of Metaphors in Russian, English and Chinese Media Texts of Informational and Influencing Nature

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Oleg I., Alexander V.