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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2299</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1236</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">51177</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2299-2026-17-1-205-220</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">IIALJY</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CORPUS STUDIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>КОРПУСНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Rhetorical Strategies and Linguistic Features of “Justice” Representation in Russian Social Media</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Риторические стратегии и языковые особенности репрезентации справедливости в российских социальных сетях</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2413-7721</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7313-9899</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Grigorieva</surname><given-names>Maria V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Григорьева</surname><given-names>Мария Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Creative Industries, School of Communications</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>старший преподаватель факультета креативных индустрий, Школа коммуникаций</p></bio><email>mariya.grigoreva@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3188-707X</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">5523-1570</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sokolova</surname><given-names>Ekaterina N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Соколова</surname><given-names>Екатерина Никитична</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Political Sciences, Head of the Design and Training Laboratory оf Political Communications School оf Communications, the Faculty of Creative Industries</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. полит. наук, заведующая проектно-учебной лаборатории политических коммуникаций Школы коммуникаций факультета креативных индустрий</p></bio><email>e.sokolova@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8079-9808</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6890-7000</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Smirnov</surname><given-names>Alexander G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Смирнов</surname><given-names>Александр Георгиевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Associate Professor of the Faculty of Creative Industries, School of Communications</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент факультета креативных индустрий, Школа коммуникаций</p></bio><email>ag.smirnov@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University Higher School of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-07-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>205</fpage><lpage>220</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-07-09"><day>09</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Grigorieva M.V., Sokolova E.N., Smirnov A.G.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Григорьева М.В., Соколова Е.Н., Смирнов А.Г.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Grigorieva M.V., Sokolova E.N., Smirnov A.G.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Григорьева М.В., Соколова Е.Н., Смирнов А.Г.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/51177">https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/51177</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In the digital age social media have become a central space for expressing moral values, with “justice” being one of the most frequently invoked concepts. However, the semantic nuances and rhetorical articulations of this category remain underexplored. This study aims to examine how the notion of justice is articulated by Russian-speaking social media users through rhetorical strategies and linguistic devices. The empirical basis consists of over 70,000 user-generated messages collected from Russian social media platforms between September 2023 and September 2024. Data was filtered using a core of 38 stable linguistic markers and processed with Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), k-means clustering, and qualitative discourse analysis. The analytical framework incorporates theories of pragmatics, evaluative language, and critical stylistics. Key strategies identified include normative appeals to law and morality, emotionally charged statements, hyperbole, sarcasm, irony, and cultural references. The discourse is predominantly marked by a negative tone reflecting distrust and frustration, while the ideal of justice remains an important moral reference. The articulation of justice in digital environments reveals both the enduring importance of this value and the growing skepticism toward its institutional realization. Understanding these rhetorical strategies provides insight into public sentiment and offers potential tools for more effective communication between institutions and society.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В условиях цифровизации общественного дискурса социальные сети стали важнейшей площадкой для выражения мнений о справедливости - одной из центральных моральных ценностей современного общества. Однако значение этой категории нередко варьируется, а формы ее языковой репрезентации остаются малоизученными. Цель исследования - проанализировать, через какие риторические стратегии и языковые особенности пользователи русскоязычных социальных сетей артикулируют понятие справедливости. Эмпирической базой послужил корпус из более 70 тысяч сообщений из российских социальных сетей (сентябрь 2023 - сентябрь 2024), собранный с помощью системы Brand Analytics. Применялись методы тематического моделирования (LDA), кластеризации (k-means) и качественного анализа с опорой на теории прагматики, оценки и критической стилистики. Выявлены ключевые стратегии артикуляции справедливости: рационально-нормативные обращения к праву и морали; эмоционально окрашенные воззвания, включая гиперболу, сарказм и иронию; пародирование официального дискурса; апелляции к культурным кодам. Преобладающая тональность - негативная, отражающая фрустрацию и недоверие, но сохраняющийся идеал справедливости. Артикуляция справедливости в социальных сетях представляет собой риторическую борьбу за смысл, демонстрируя как ценностную значимость категории, так и кризис ее институционального воплощения. Понимание этих стратегий позволяет точнее фиксировать общественные настроения и может служить ориентиром для диалога между государством и обществом.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>discourse</kwd><kwd>values</kwd><kwd>irony</kwd><kwd>digital communication</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>дискурс</kwd><kwd>ценности</kwd><kwd>ирония</kwd><kwd>цифровая коммуникация</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Статья подготовлена в Национальном исследовательском университете «Высшая школа экономики» в рамках государственного задания Министерства науки и высшего образо-вания Российской Федерации (тема № ФИ-2025-83 «Современные технологии социаль-но-политической коммуникации»).</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">The article was prepared at the National Research University Higher School of Economics as part of a government-funded research project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project No. FI-2025-83 «Modern Technologies of Socio-Political Communication»).</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Gavrilova, M.V. 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