National Research University Higher School of Economics

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with National Research University Higher School of Economics*

Title

The Typology of Physical Qualities

Edited by Ekaterina Rakhilina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova

Subjects Semantics | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

[Typological Studies in Language, 133] 2022. | edited volume

Slioussar, Natalia, Daria Chernova, Varvara Magomedova, Polina Maximova & Ivan Gurkov 2026 The effect of spelling errors on reading tasks: A study on Russian

Keywords: spelling | lexical quality | orthographic transparency | spelling entropy | error detection | print exposure

The Mental Lexicon | Online First Publication, 31 pp. | article

Nasledskova, Polina & Ivan Netkachev 2026 The ‘say’ strategy for ordinal numerals in East Caucasian: Conflicting evidence on the evolution of a rare morphosyntactic pattern

Keywords: ordinal numerals | language contact | East Caucasian languages | grammaticalization | areal typology

Studies in Language | Online First Publication, 44 pp. | article

Naccarato, Chiara & George Moroz 2026 Negative existential constructions in bilingual Russian: A corpus-driven approach to variation

Keywords: negative existential constructions | language variation | language contact | bilingual Russian | spoken corpora

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism | Online First Publication, 33 pp. | article

Shtyrov, Yury, Kristina S. Memetova, Lyudmila N. Stankevich, Irina G. Malanchuk & Aleksander A. Aleksandrov 2025 Haemodynamic correlate of the mismatch negativity response reflects memory-trace activation for spoken words: An fMRI study

Keywords: language | word | brain | cortex | temporal lobe | lexical frequency | fMRI | BOLD | mismatch negativity (MMN) | memory trace

The Mental Lexicon 20:1 pp. 67–92 | article

Abdel-Raheem, Ahmed, Tatiana Permyakova & Ekaterina Pozdeeva 2025 Russian culture (rather than grammatical gender) influences artistic personifications

Keywords: Russian grammatical gender | personification | visual art | linguistic relativity | metaphor and metonymy

International Journal of Language and Culture | Online First Publication, 23 pp. | article

Lander, Yury 2025 Circassian relatives: A contribution to the synchronic and diachronic typology of the externally/internally-headed relative clause distinction

Keywords: internally-headed relative clauses | externally-headed relative clauses | polysynthesis | West Circassian | Kabardian

Studies in Language 50:1 pp. 33–67 | article

Khachaturyan, Maria, George Moroz, Valentin Vydrin & Maria Konoshenko 2024 Valency patterns in Mande: Contact vs inheritance

Keywords: valency patterns | Mande | language contact | pattern borrowing | matter borrowing

Studies in Language 49:4 pp. 823–857 | article

Koval, Sergey & Sergey Loesov 2024 The ventive and the deictic shift: The case of Old Assyrian

Keywords: verbs of translocation | cislocative markers | deictic shift | imagination-oriented deixis | Old Assyrian

Studies in Language 49:1 p. 93 | article

Mukhin, Timofey & Polina Nasledskova 2024 Demonstrative pronouns in Kina Rutul

Keywords: demonstratives | Wilkins’s questionnaire | polycentric | visibility | East Caucasian

Studies in Language 49:2 pp. 456–477 | article

Politova, Anastasia, Olga Bonetskaya, Dmitry Dolgov, Maria Frolova & Anna Pyrkova 2023 Word alignment in the Russian-Chinese parallel corpus

Keywords: word alignment | gold dataset | linguistic guideline | deep learning | language model

In: Corpus Use in Cross-linguistic Research: Paving the way for teaching, translation and professional communication, Izquierdo, Marlén & Zuriñe Sanz-Villar (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 113] pp. 195–215

Kassian, Alexei S., George Starostin, Mikhail Zhivlov & Sergey A. Spirin 2023 Calibrated weighted permutation test detects ancient language connections in the Circumpolar area (Chukotian-Nivkh and Yukaghir-Samoyedic)*

Keywords: Circumpolar languages | permutation test | Chukotian-Itelmen | Nivkh | Samoyedic-Yukaghir | Dene-Yeniseian | Burushaski

Journal of Historical Linguistics 15:3 pp. 463–481 | article

Janda, Laura A., Anna Endresen, Valentina Zhukova, Daria Mordashova & Ekaterina Rakhilina 2023 From data to theory: An emergent semantic classification based on the large-scale Russian constructicon

Keywords: Construction Grammar | constructicon | Russian | semantics | corpus

Constructions and Frames 15:1 pp. 1–58 | article

Bochkarev, Vladimir V., Anna V. Shevlyakova, Valery D. Solovyev, Ekaterina V. Rakhilina & Galina V. Paramei 2023 Linguistic mechanisms of colour term evolution: A diachronic investigation of “Russian browns” buryj and koričnevyj

Keywords: “Russian browns” | computational linguistics | Google Books Ngram | colour term collocational dynamics | diachronic distributional analysis | linguistic colour term evolution

Diachronica 40:4 pp. 492–531 | article

Maisak, Timur 2023 From an adverb/postposition ‘behind’ to a discourse marker: The particle reχu in Andi

Keywords: discourse particle | adverb | postposition | consecutive | sequential | retrospective contrastive | grammaticalization | Nakh-Daghestanian

In: Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective, Barotto, Alessandra & Simone Mattiola (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 227] p. 93

Shikunova, Alexandra 2023 Case and agreement puzzle in the Moksha debitive

Keywords: Moksha | Uralic | dative case | dative-infinitive constructions | agreement | Dependent Case Theory

Journal of Uralic Linguistics 2:2 pp. 194–213 | article

Bychkova, Polina & Ekaterina Rakhilina 2023 Towards pragmatic construction typology: The case of discourse formulae

Keywords: discourse formulae | negative replies | lexical typology | frame-based approach | construction grammar

In: Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective, Barotto, Alessandra & Simone Mattiola (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 227] pp. 35–63

T. Kamou, Olivier Mozard 2023 Creating an information security policy in a bank: Linguistic aspects

Keywords: information | information security policy | corpus | corpus linguistics | corpus-driven

English Text Construction 16:1 pp. 59–81 | article

Smirnova, Natalia & Theresa Lillis 2022 Citation in global academic knowledge making: A paired text history methodology for studying citation practices in English and Russian

Keywords: academic writing | citation practices | literacy brokers | Russian scholars | writing multilingually | академическое письмо | практики цитирования | посредники грамотности | российские исследователи | письмо на разных языках

Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 3:1 p. 78 | article

Smirnova, Elizaveta 2022 Clean room, uncomfortable bed: A corpus analysis of evaluation devices in hotel reviews

Keywords: hotel reviews | evaluation theory | Appraisal framework | evaluation devices | corpus analysis

Pragmatics and Society 13:2 pp. 193–223 | article

Grünthal, Riho, Volker Heyd, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha A. Janhunen, Olesya Khanina, Matti Miestamo, Johanna Nichols, Janne Saarikivi & Kaius Sinnemäki 2022 Drastic demographic events triggered the Uralic spread

Keywords: Uralic | Finno-Ugric | Indo-European | Yamnaya | Indo-Iranian | Siberia | Eurasia | Seima-Turbino | 4.2 ka event | linguistic homeland

Diachronica 39:4 pp. 490–524 | article | open access

Comstock, Lindy 2022 Journalistic practice in the international press corps: Adversarial questioning of the Russian President

Keywords: aggressive questioning | journalistic norms | media systems | Russian media

Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 11:2 pp. 145–175 | article

Bobrova, Angelina & Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen 2023 Modular vs. diagrammatic reasoning: The pragmatist side of human understanding

Keywords: reasoning | inference | modular mind | Mercier & Sperber | Peirce | pragmaticism | logical diagrams | logical graphs

Pragmatics & Cognition 29:1 pp. 111–134 | article

Ter-Avanesova, Alexandra & Michael Daniel 2022 The second genitive in the history of Russian and across its dialects

Keywords: Russian | Russian dialects | genitive | partitive | morphological recycling | language contact | pattern borrowing

Linguistic Variation 23:1 pp. 28–74 | article

Lyashevskaya, Olga, Olga Vinogradova & Anna Scherbakova 2022 Accuracy, syntactic complexity and task type at play in examination writing: A corpus-based study

Keywords: syntactic complexity | accuracy | EFL/ESL writing | assessing writing

In: Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Learner Corpus Research, Leńko-Szymańska, Agnieszka & Sandra Götz (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 104] pp. 241–272

Rakhilina, Ekaterina & Tatiana Reznikova 2022 Introduction: The frame-based approach to the typology of qualities

Keywords: lexical typology | physical qualities | metaphor | frame | evaluation | perception

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133] pp. 1–28

Ryzhova, Daria & Denis Paperno 2022 Constructing a typological questionnaire with distributional semantic models

Keywords: lexical typology | questionnaire | distributional semantic models | physical qualities

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133] pp. 309–328

Kyuseva, Maria, Elena Parina & Daria Ryzhova 2022 Methodology at work: Semantic fields sharp and blunt

Keywords: lexical typology | frame-based approach | semantic maps | metaphors | physical qualities | sharp, blunt

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133] pp. 29–56

Reznikova, Tatiana, Anna Panina & Victoriya Kruglyakova 2022 A matter of degree?: The domain of wetness in a typological perspective

Keywords: physical qualities | semantics of degree | wetness | lexical typology

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133] pp. 57–78

Kozlov, Аlexey & Mariia Privizentseva 2022 Typology of dimensions

Keywords: dimensional terms | lexical typology | semantic maps | spatial expressions

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133] pp. 117–160

Kashkin, Egor & Olga Vinogradova 2022 The domain of surface texture

Keywords: lexical typology | intragenetic typology | corpus research | metaphoric shift | Uralic languages

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133] pp. 161–188

Vyrenkova, Anastasia, Ekaterina Rakhilina & Boris Orekhov 2022 A new approach to old studies

Keywords: qualitative adjectives | semantics of oldness | lexical typology | semantic maps

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133] pp. 189–214

Phelan, Paul 2022 Periphrastic causative in West Circassian

Keywords: West Circassian | morphosyntax | causative construction

Studies in Language 46:4 pp. 847–871 | article

Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova 2022 Typological Studies in Language

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133]

Kelbert, Eugenia 2021 Appearances: Character description as a network of signification in Russian translations of Jane Eyre

Keywords: character description | Antoine Berman | networks of signification | Charlotte Brontë | literary portrait | translation variation

Target 34:2 pp. 219–250 | article

Rudnev, Pavel & Anna Kuznetsova 2021 Linearization constraints on sentential negation in Russian Sign Language are prosodic

Keywords: Russian Sign Language | negation | syntax | prosody

Sign Language & Linguistics 24:2 pp. 259–273 | article

Arkadiev, Peter & Alexander Letuchiy 2021 Indirect antipassive in Circassian

Keywords: Circassian languages | polysynthesis | intransitive verbs | lability | applicatives

In: Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, Janic, Katarzyna & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 130] pp. 483–514

Maisak, Timur 2021 Structural and functional variations of the perfect in the Lezgic languages

Keywords: East Caucasian languages | perfect | resultative | indirect evidential | aorist | tense and aspect systems | grammaticalization

In: The Perfect Volume: Papers on the perfect, Eide, Kristin Melum & Marc Fryd (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 217] p. 87

Kashkin, Egor & Nikita Muravyev 2021 Izhma Komi in Western Siberia: At the crossroads of language contact

Keywords: Uralic languages | Izhma Komi | Nenets | Khanty | Russian | contact-induced change | loan translation

In: Language contact in the territory of the former Soviet Union, Forker, Diana & Lenore A. Grenoble (eds.) [IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 50] pp. 119–142

Oskolskaya, Sofia, Ezequiel Koile & Martine Robbeets 2021 A Bayesian approach to the classification of Tungusic languages

Keywords: Tungusic languages | language classification | Bayesian phylogenetics | family time depth | basic vocabulary | language phylogeny

Diachronica 39:1 pp. 128–158 | article

Stoynova, Natalia 2021 A nonstandard type of affix reordering: The restrictive kə̄n in Ulcha

Keywords: Tungusic | Ulcha | restrictive | affix reordering | externalization of inflection | degrammaticalization

Studies in Language 46:1 pp. 1–39 | article

Knyazev, Mikhail 2021 SAY-complementizers and indexical shift in Poshkart Chuvash: With emphasis on communicative reception reports

Keywords: Chuvash | Turkic | SAY-complementizers | verbs of hearing | speech reports | indexical shift | logophoricity | action nominalizations

Studies in Language 46:2 pp. 402–452 | article

Alekseev, Alexander 2021 “It is in the nation-state that democracy resides”: How the populist radical right discursively manipulates the concept of democracy in the EU parliamentary elections

Keywords: populist radical right | populism; democracy | radical right | liberal democracy | political discourse | European Union | European elections

Journal of Language and Politics 21:3 pp. 459–483 | article

Georgakopoulos, Thanasis & Stéphane Polis 2021 Lexical diachronic semantic maps: Mapping the evolution of time-related lexemes

Keywords: semantic maps | lexical typology | diachronic lexical semantics | co-expression | ancient Egyptian | ancient Greek

Journal of Historical Linguistics 11:3 pp. 367–420 | article

Janda, Laura A., Anna Endresen, Valentina Zhukova, Daria Mordashova & Ekaterina Rakhilina 2021 How to build a constructicon in five years: The Russian example

Keywords: constructicon | construction grammar | Russian | corpus

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 34 pp. 161–173 | article

Shchemeleva, Irina 2020 Discipline and methodological paradigm: A case study of EAL scholars’ perceptions of research writing in political science

Keywords: research writing | multilingual scholars | EAL | disciplinary norms | methodological paradigm | epistemic stance | научное письмо на английском языке | дисциплинарные нормы | методологическая парадигма | эпистемическая позиция

Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 1:2 p. 92 | article

Kukhto, Anton & Alexander Piperski 2020 Lexical stress variation and rhythmic alternation in Russian: A pilot study

Keywords: lexical stress | rhythm | Russian language | stress variation

Linguistic Variation 20:1 pp. 33–55 | article

Dobrushina, Nina 2020 Negation in complement clauses of fear-verbs

Functions of Language 28:2 pp. 121–152 | article

Georgakopoulos, Thanasis, Eliese-Sophia Lincke, Kiki Nikiforidou & Anna Piata 2020 On the polysemy of motion verbs in Ancient Greek and Coptic: Why lexical constructions are important

Keywords: lexical constructions | polysemy | motion verbs | Ancient Greek | Coptic (Sahidic dialect)

Studies in Language 44:1 pp. 27–69 | article

Savelieva, Irina 2020 An (imagined) community: The Translation Project in the Social Sciences and its impact on the scientific community in post-Soviet Russia

Keywords: Post-Soviet Russia | human sciences | social sciences | the Translation Project | Soros Foundation

In: Translation in Knowledge, Knowledge in Translation, Sumillera, Rocío G., Jan Surman & Katharina Kühn (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 154] pp. 249–268

Arslan, Seçkin & Roelien Bastiaanse 2020 First language exposure predicts attrition patterns in Turkish heritage speakers’ use of grammatical evidentiality

Keywords: evidentiality | narrative speech | heritage language speakers | Turkish-Dutch bilingualism

In: Studies in Turkish as a heritage language, Bayram, Fatih (ed.) [Studies in Bilingualism, 60] pp. 105–126

Surman, Jan 2020 Knowledge in series: Central European positivisms and their media, 1860–1900

Keywords: positivism | serial publishing | nineteenth-century Central Europe | translations into Polish and Czech

In: Translation in Knowledge, Knowledge in Translation, Sumillera, Rocío G., Jan Surman & Katharina Kühn (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 154] pp. 145–168

Sumillera, Rocío G., Jan Surman & Katharina Kühn 2020 Translation in Knowledge, Knowledge in Translation

In: Translation in Knowledge, Knowledge in Translation, Sumillera, Rocío G., Jan Surman & Katharina Kühn (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 154]

Luraghi, Silvia 2020 From verb to New Event Marker: A new look at the Hittite pai- and uwa- constructions

Keywords: motion verbs | New Event Marker | deictic center | constructionalization

Studies in Language 44:4 pp. 788–811 | article

Mustajoki, Arto & Alla Baikulova 2020 The risks of misunderstandings in family discourse: Home as a special space of interaction

Keywords: family discourse | miscommunication | common ground fallacy | overguessing | recipient design

Language and Dialogue 10:3 pp. 340–368 | article

Bergelson, Mira B. & Mariya V. Khudyakova 2020 Narrative discourse segmentation in clinical linguistics

Keywords: discourse segmentation | corpus annotation | aphasic discourse | aphasia | Pear stories retellings | Russian

In: In search of basic units of spoken language: A corpus-driven approach, Izre’el, Shlomo, Heliana Mello, Alessandro Panunzi & Tommaso Raso (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 94] pp. 257–284

Vydrina, Alexandra 2020 Topicality in Sentence Focus utterances

Keywords: sentence focus | inferential | topicality | givenness | subject

Studies in Language 44:3 pp. 501–547 | article

Maisak, Timur 2019 Borrowing from an unrelated language in support of intragenetic tendencies: The case of the conditional clitic =sa in Udi

Keywords: language contact | contact-induced change | clitic borrowing | matter borrowing | conditional mood | indefinite pronouns | Udi | Nakh-Daghestanian | Azerbaijani | Turkic

Diachronica 36:3 pp. 337–383 | article

Ostrovskaya, Elena & Elena Zemskova 2019 From International Literature to world literature: English translators in 1930s Moscow

Keywords: International Literature | world literature | Georg Lukács | Bertolt Brecht | Isaac Babel

Translation and Interpreting Studies 14:3 pp. 351–371 | article

Verhees, Samira 2019 General converbs in Andi

Keywords: general converb | additive | Andi | East Caucasian

Studies in Language 43:1 pp. 195–230 | article

Ryzhova, Daria, Ekaterina Rakhilina & Liliya Kholkina 2019 Approaching perceptual qualities: The case of heavy

Keywords: lexical typology | frame approach | qualities | heavy | metaphor | perception

In: Perception Metaphors, Speed, Laura J., Carolyn O’Meara, Lila San Roque & Asifa Majid (eds.) [Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 19] pp. 185–208

Alekseev, Alexander 2019 Per-Erik Nilsson (2018) French Populism and Discourses on Secularism

Journal of Language and Politics 19:1 pp. 188–191 | book review

Vinogradova, Olga 2019 To automated generation of test questions on the basis of error annotations in EFL essays: A time-saving tool?

In: Learner Corpora and Language Teaching, Götz, Sandra & Joybrato Mukherjee (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 92] pp. 29–48

Gor, Kira, Anna Chrabaszcz & Svetlana Cook 2018 Early and late learners decompose inflected nouns, but can they tell which ones are inflected correctly?

Keywords: heritage speakers | second language learners | morphology | lexical access | inflection | decomposition | second language processing | nonnative proficiency | lexical decision task | auditory word recognition

Journal of Second Language Studies 1:1 pp. 106–140 | article

Vinogradov, Andrey & Maksim Korobov 2018 Gothic graffiti from the Mangup basilica

NOWELE 71:2 pp. 223–235 | article

Dobrushina, Nina & Michael Daniel 2018 Field linguistics in Daghestan: A very personal account

In: Word Hunters: Field linguists on fieldwork, Sarvasy, Hannah & Diana Forker (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 194] pp. 79–94

Smirnova, Elizaveta & Svetlana Shustova 2018 Denominal verbs with metaphorical meanings in British business media discourse: A corpus analysis of articles in the “Financial Times”

Keywords: denominal verb | corpus analysis | morphological metaphor | word formation | business media discourse

Metaphor and the Social World 8:2 pp. 267–285 | article

Ganenkov, Dmitry 2018 Gender agreement alternation in Aqusha Dargwa: A case against information structure

Keywords: Aqusha Dargwa | gender agreement | sentence topic | biabsolutive construction

Studies in Language 42:3 pp. 529–561 | article

Palkin, Alexei D. 2018 Notions of “money” and “house” in the language consciousness of Russians and the Japanese

Keywords: money | house | language | culture | Russian/Japanese

Languages in Contrast 19:1 pp. 106–132 | article

Kimmelman, Vadim, Maria Kyuseva, Yana Lomakina & Daria Perova 2018 On the notion of metaphor in sign languages: Some observations based on Russian Sign Language

Keywords: metaphor | iconicity | Russian Sign Language

Sign Language & Linguistics 20:2 pp. 157–182 | article

Gor, Kira, Anna Chrabaszcz & Svetlana Cook 2017 A case for agreement: Processing of case inflection by early and late learners

Keywords: Russian inflectional morphology | second language | heritage speakers

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 9:1 p. 6 | article

Lander, Yury 2017 Nominal complex in West Circassian: Between morphology and syntax

Studies in Language 41:1 pp. 76–98 | article

Mylonas, Yiannis 2017 Liberal articulations of the ‘Enlightenment’ in the Greek public sphere

Keywords: Crisis | Greece | biopolitics | Europe | modernity | liberals | Enlightenment

Journal of Language and Politics 16:2 pp. 195–218 | article

Zevakhina, Natalia 2017 The hypothesis of insubordination and three types of wh-exclamatives

Keywords: semantics of exclamatives | syntax of exclamatives | hypothesis of insubordination | embedded wh-exclamatives | typology of exclamatives

Studies in Language 40:4 pp. 765–814 | article

Steiner, Evgeny 2015 Chapter 8. Mirror images: On Soviet-Western reflections in children’s books of the 1920s and 1930s

In: Children's Literature and the Avant-Garde, Druker, Elina & Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (eds.) [Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 5] pp. 189–214

Daniel, Michael A. 2014 Against the addressee of speech – Recipient metaphor: Evidence from East Caucasian

In: Perspectives on Semantic Roles, Luraghi, Silvia & Heiko Narrog (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 106] pp. 205–240

Wyse, Marion 2014 Developing a method for cross-cultural dialogue with Chinese: A report on the process

Keywords: ‘outsider’ | Mediterranean-based | linguistic | dialogue | Chinese | context | steps | practical | Confucius

Language and Dialogue 4:3 pp. 404–424 | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.