Reading signs and being in the world: a dual perspective on semiotics
... (Barthes, Lotman). The capacity for such an expansion of perspective, together with an awareness of the heterogeneity of human sign activity, ultimately underpinned the emergence of scientific semiotics in the XX century.
Aristotle, Barthes, communication, interpretation, Jakobson, Lotman, Peirce, semiotics
13-35
10.5922/2225-5346-2026-1-2
The first Vaulina Readings: horizons of modality
The article presents an overview of the First International Scientific Conference, “Vaulina Readings. Modality: Language and Text in the Communicative Space”, dedicated to the memory of Professor Svetlana S. Vaulina. It examines the main ideas and key arguments presented in the plenary and breakout sessions, highlighting the principal directions of discussion and the most significant ...
Signals of monologue continuation/completion: speech and gesture
... discourse structure. These changes in speech and gesticulation may be interpreted by interlocutors as indications of the forthcoming completion of the monologue and the prospect of turn-taking.
turn-taking in conversation, monologue, multichannel communication, elementary discourse unit, spoken sentence, gesticulation, Russian Pear Chats and Stories
187-208
10.5922/2225-5346-2026-2-10
On defining cultural modality and its manifestation in L. N. Tolstoy’s short story “Polikushka”
... either by following or rejecting the norms. The study shows that cultural modality employs both verbal and nonverbal means of expression, whose consideration on a single analytical plane is made possible by a semiotic approach.
language, culture, communication, cultural modality, norm, cultural memory, cultural identity
5-13
10.5922/vestnikpsy-2026-1-1
You know how to speak, be able to listen! Inefficiency of communication as a result of violation of the principle of active listening
The issue of the effectiveness of speech communication is considered, which is largely determined by the adequacy / inadequacy of verbal and non-verbal behavior of communicants, as well as the problem of organizing dialogical interaction as a process of social, communicative, and discursive ...
