On the Diversity of Meanings, Ancient Manuscripts, and Digital Communication in the Journal "Language and Text"

The first issue of 2026 of the journal "Language and Text" (No. 1-2026) has been published.

The section "General and Comparative-Historical Linguistics" includes studies dedicated to the cognitive and pragmatic aspects of language. L.A. Apanasyuk and P.V. Zatruskin analyze the genesis of terms for the weekly cycle in the Chinese language, examining them through the lens of linguoculturology. E.A. Balygina, T.V. Ermolova, and O.A. Krukovskaya investigate the problem of terminological variability in translations of psychological texts, pointing out the risk of distorting scientific meaning. T.N. Brysina focuses on the syntax of literary texts, describing the role of definite-personal sentences in creating specific speech structures. R.A. Gelasimov examines intertextuality in Alberto Moravia's novel "Contempt," revealing the difficulties of preserving the author's subtext during translation. A.V. Kanafieva studies punctuation in poetry not just as a technical tool, but as a multifunctional means of expressing meaning. E.A. Kozlova presents a work on pleonastic intensification – a phenomenon where semantically redundant words reinforce the meaning of "exhaustion." A.A. Shcherbinina investigates the interlingual transmission of New Testament markers in F.M. Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov," emphasizing the specifics of translating religious meanings.

The section "World Literature. Textology" offers a deep dive into both the poetics of the Silver Age and the study of Old Russian written monuments. I.V. Zenkevich and A.R. Varlamov reveal the semantic content of the concept "Desert" in the poetic world of Alexander Blok. A.N. Kovalenko presents the results of a textual analysis of the apocryphal "Word of Peter of Damascus," discovered in a Menaion Festal Menaion from the collection of E.E. Egorov, reconstructing the history of this book monument. A.M. Spasskova turns to paleography, examining the features of the majuscule script and ligature in manuscripts at the turn of the 14th-15th centuries. E.A. Yudina traces the fate of Old Russian tales within Old Believer collections of the 18th century, analyzing their existence in this environment.

The concluding section, "Language Pedagogy and Innovations. Psychological Foundations of Studying Languages and Cultures," is dedicated to modern challenges in education and online communication. A.S. Bovshik presents the results of a survey of Moscow university instructors on the multimodal approach in language teaching, considering it an effective replacement for the classical theory of "learning styles." T.A. Mikhailova and I.B. Shilina analyze how anonymity transforms the linguistic behavior of today's students online. A.A. Polosina and A.Yu. Shilin study the communicative characteristics within student volunteer movements.

The journal will be useful to linguists, translators, literary historians, and specialists in higher education.

The full issue of the journal is published in open access on the PsyJournals.ru Portal.