Language is an integral part of human culture. It is a tool that allows us to explicate ideas, opinions, and reflections. Human interest in language being as old as civilization itself, we have accumulated much theoretical knowledge about it yet we know so little. We are still trying to fathom how languages work, develop, and interact. This issue focuses on some new linguistic methods and concepts.

E. Yu. Pozdnyakova and N. N. Shpilnaya write about the interpretative potential of words with abstract and concrete semantics; the semantic differences highlight the role of the interpreter and the semantic complexity of the words under interpretation.

The cognitive section introduces E. N. Kovalenko and T. V. Larionova, who look for effective scientific approaches to human cognition. I. A. Savvateeva combines comparative and conceptual methods to analyze Italian and English.

The interdisciplinary section offers new linguistic aspects and directions. S. A. Osokina and Zh. N. Mihienko write about the so-called easy language that implements a linguistic method of comprising easy-to-read texts for people with cognitive issues. N. A. Kurakina and D. S. Filippova apply the idea of artificial intelligence and neural networks to the stylistics of artistic discourse. M. M. Charnine and S. S. Kalinin describe the most relevant methods of natural language processing to predict promising directions in biomedicine. V. A. Kameneva, N. V. Rabkina, A. P. Kartavtseva, and N. I. Chepsarakova use associative analysis to study the linguistic worldview of the Shorians, an indigenous people from the Kemerovo Region.

P. P. Dashinimaeva and S. V. Dambueva apply the theory of semiosis to the system of Chinese hieroglyphs in cultural and historical contexts. D. S. Lebedeva also used the semiotic theory to trace the evolution of Chinese writing back to the early mantic practices of Ancient China.

D. S. Zolotukhin compares Russian and French terms related to gestural communication. S. A. Haji Musaei and A. Madayeni Avval analyze the axiology of Russian and Persian idioms.

L. V. Dubakov, Yu. V. Malikova, Zhu Ziwei, and E. Yu. Shestakova study fiction, poetry, and literary theory. They write about authentic philosophical worldviews, popular motifs, and artistic images.

P.S.: We thank our authors for their scientific contribution and welcome new ones to publish their research results in philology and linguistics.