RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика2313-22992411-1236Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)4856410.22363/2313-2299-2025-16-4-1225-1241NIBCFCLANGUAGE THEORYТЕОРИЯ ЯЗЫКАResearch ArticleAffective VAD Norms for Russian: Correlation with Abstractness/Concreteness RatingsАффективные нормы VAD для русского языка: корреляция с рейтингами абстрактности/конкретностиhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8276-5864572047866787085-6726VolskayaYuliya A.ВольскаяЮлия Александровна

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Applied and Experimental Linguistics, Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication

кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры прикладной и экспериментальной лингвистики Института филологии и межкультурной коммуникации

kovaleva95julia@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4404-7663572190335237680-8448ToksubaevaAlena A.ТоксубаеваАлена Андреевна

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Applied and Experimental Linguistics at Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication

кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры прикладной и экспериментальной лингвистики Института филологии и межкультурной коммуникации

aabakshaeva42@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4692-2564266650130005791-3820SolovyevValery D.СоловьевВалерий Дмитриевич

Dr.Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Chief Researcher of the Multidisciplinary text studies Research Laboratory

доктор физико-математических наук, профессор, главный научный сотрудник научно-исследовательской лаборатории «Мультидисциплинарные исследования текста»

maki.solovyev@mail.ruKazan (Volga region) Federal UniversityКазанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет27022026164ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KYRGYZ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER JUSUP BALASAGYNК 100-ЛЕТНЕМУ ЮБИЛЕЮ КЫРГЫЗСКОГО НАЦИОНАЛЬНОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА ИМЕНИ ЖУСУПА БАЛАСАГЫНА1225124126022026Copyright ©; 2026, Volskaya Y.A., Toksubaeva A.A., Solovyev V.D.Copyright ©; 2026, Вольская Ю.А., Токсубаева А.А., Соловьев В.Д.2026Volskaya Y.A., Toksubaeva A.A., Solovyev V.D.Вольская Ю.А., Токсубаева А.А., Соловьев В.Д.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/48564

The relationship between the classical affective parameters valence , arousal , dominance and abstractness/concreteness indicators has been conducted on the material of a fairly large number of languages since the end of the 20th century, the implementation of which is conditioned by the availability of specialized resources with quantitative indicators of these affective parameters. For the Russian language, a database of affective norms containing ratings for 1000 words was created recently. At the same time, the availability of a database of abstractness/concreteness ratings allows us to consider the relationship between affective parameters and lexical-semantic and grammatical properties using the material of the Russian language. The main objective of this study is to analyze the correlation between the three affective indicators valence, arousal, dominance and abstractness/concreteness ratings. In the article, a qualitative analysis of lexical units is confirmed by quantitative data. As a result of the study, the features of the distribution of quantitative indicators of affectivity depending on the part-of-speech characteristics of words were revealed. The affective profile of abstract and concrete words is described in detail, which, on the one hand, indicates some specific features of the Russian language in comparison with other languages, and on the other hand, general language tendencies. In addition, the affective features are described based on the analysis of regular thematic groups, which made it possible to determine the dependence of the distribution of words by the parameters valence, arousal, dominance on their lexical and semantic features. The conducted complex of studies demonstrates the possibilities of using the developed database of affective parameters VAD for the Russian language.

На материале довольно большого количество языков с конца XX в. проводятся исследования взаимосвязи классических аффективных параметров valence, arousal, dominance с показателями абстрактности/конкретности, реализация которых обусловлена наличием специализированных ресурсов с квантитативными показателями указанных аффективных параметров. Для русского языка база данных аффективных норм, содержащая оценки для 1000 слов, была создана недавно. Вместе с тем наличие базы данных рейтингов абстрактности/конкретности позволяет на материале русского языка рассмотреть вопрос о взаимосвязи аффективных параметров с лексико-семантическими и грамматическими свойствами. Основная цель настоящего исследования заключается в анализе корреляции между тремя аффективными показателями valence, arousal, dominance c рейтингами абстрактности и конкретности. Качественный анализ лексических единиц подтверждается количественными данными. Выявлены особенности распределения количественных показателей аффективности в зависимости от частеречной характеристики слов; подробно описан аффективный профиль абстрактных и конкретных слов, который, с одной стороны, указывает на некоторые специфические особенности русского языка в сравнении с другими языками, с другой стороны, - на общеязыковые тенденции. Кроме того, аффективные особенности описаны на основе анализа регулярных тематических групп, что позволило определить зависимость распределения слов по параметрам valence, arousal, dominance от их лексико-семантических особенностей. Проведенный комплекс исследований демонстрирует возможности использования разработанной базы данных аффективных параметров VAD для русского языка.

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